rjómi
Icelandic
/ˈrjouːmɪ/
noun
Definitions
- cream fatty part of milk
- cream best part of something
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse rjúmi (cream) 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
- ramekin English
- ream English
- reamer English
- *rewgʰmn̥- Proto-Indo-European
- rømme Norwegian Bokmål
- *raumaz Proto-Germanic
- rømme Norwegian Nynorsk
- ream Old English
- rēam Old English
- reme Middle English
- rjúmi Old Norse
- kaka Icelandic
- ostur Icelandic
- rjómakaka Icelandic
- rjómaostur Icelandic
- rjómaís Icelandic
- ís Icelandic
- roum Old High German
- rómi Faroese
- Ram Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *rōm Old Dutch
- ream Scots
- *rām Old Frisian