An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Rum

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Rum. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2557697An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R — RumJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Rum, masculine, late Modern High German from the equivalent English rum, whence also French rhum, rum. The source of the word is said to be some American language; formerly it was wrongly derived from Sanscrit rôma, ‘water.’

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