roomth

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*rūm“roomy, spacious”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*rūmiþu“roominess”
3. Old English · inherited fromrȳmþ“roominess, spaciousness”
4. Middle English · inherited fromrymthe
5. English todayroomth

Inherited from Middle English rymthe, from Old English rȳmþ (“roominess, spaciousness”) (compare Old English rȳmet (“room, space”)), from Proto-West Germanic *rūmiþu (“roominess”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“roomy, spacious”), equivalent to room (“wide, spacious, roomy”) + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch ruimte (“room, space”), German Low German Rüümte (“room, space”), German Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”), Swedish rymd (“space”).

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