reuə-

To open; space.

1. Suffixed zero-grade form *rū-mo- (< *ruə-mo-).

a. room, from Old English rūm, space;

b. lebensraum, from Old High German rūm, space;

c. rummage, from Old Provençal run, ship's hold, space. a-c all from Germanic *rūmaz;

d. ream², from Old English rȳman, to widen, open up, from Germanic denominative *rūmjan.

2. Suffixed form *reu(ə)-es-. rural, rustic, from Latin rūs, “open land,” the country.

 

[Pokorny reu̯ə- 874.]

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