Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Rūmu

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *Rūmō, itself from Latin Rōma (possibly through Proto-Celtic *Rūmā).[1]

Proper noun

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*Rūmu f

  1. Rome

Inflection

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ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *Rūmu
Genitive *Rūmā
Singular Plural
Nominative *Rūmu
Accusative *Rūmā
Genitive *Rūmā
Dative *Rūmē
Instrumental *Rūmu

Derived terms

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Descendants

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In many of these descendants, the original form was later influenced by the Latin form (and sometimes Romance languages like French), thereby the earlier ū was replaced with ō.

References

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  1. ^ David Stifter (2009), ‘The Proto-Germanic shift *ā>*ō and early Germanic linguistic contacts’ (pdf), Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, Bd. 122