room
Afrikaans
/rʊə̯m/
noun
Definitions
- cream
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish room (cream, milkfat) inherited from Middle Dutch rôme inherited from Old Dutch *rōm inherited from Proto-Germanic *raumaz (cream).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*raumaz
Gloss
cream
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- koffieroom Dutch, Flemish
- room Dutch, Flemish
- roomboter Dutch, Flemish
- roomijs Dutch, Flemish
- roomwit Dutch, Flemish
- slagroom Dutch, Flemish
- *rewgʰmn̥- Proto-Indo-European
- *raumaz Proto-Germanic
- ream Old English
- rēam Old English
- rjúmi Old Norse
- rôme Middle Dutch
- roum Old High German
- *rōm Old Dutch
- *rām Old Frisian