reu̯ǝ- : rū-

    reu̯ǝ- : rū-

    English meaning: to open; wide

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “öffnen”

    Material: Av. ravah- n. “Raum, Weite”, ravas-čarüt- “was sich in Freien bewegt”; Lat. rūs, rūris “land (in contrast to town, city), estate” (*reu̯os); M.Ir. róe, rói f. “ebenes field” (because of Eigennamens Cú Rói, welcher older Cú Raui lautet, from *rōu̯ i̯ ü); Gmc. rū-ma- in Goth. rūms “ capacious, wide”, rūm n. “Raum”, O.Ice. rūmr “ capacious “, rūm n. “Raum, place”, O.S. rūm m. “Raum”, O.Fris. O.E. rūm “ capacious “, m. “Raum, stretch of time, Gelegenheit”, O.H.G. M.H.G. rûm m. “Raum, aperture, freie Räumlichkeit”, M.H.G. rūm “ capacious “; O.H.G.rūmi, M.H.G. rūme “ capacious, wide, afar”; abgel. verb Gmc. *rūmian: O.Ice. rȳma “ capacious make” etc.; O.C.S. ravьnъ from *orvьnъ “eben”; Russ. roves-nyk “Altersgenosse”; O.Pruss. arwis “true, certainly “; Toch. AB ru- “öffnen”.

    References: WP. II 356 f., WH. II 454, Trautmann 14.