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רוימען
‘to whisper (a secret in somebody's ear)’

רוימען
גערוימט
ראַמען
'to whisper (a secret in somebody's ear)'

ETYMOLOGY

{Whence the NEY variant {ramen}?}
MHG rûnen, rûmen, rounen.
Herzog suggests that the NEH vowel was formerly {au} and that the {u} offglide was assimilated by the following labial {m}.

Got. rūna 'secret', ga-rūni 'consultation', ON rūn, rȳna, OE rūn 'secret', rūnian, OS rūna, rūnon, OHG rūna 'secret meeting', rūnōn, rūnēn, MHG rūnen, NHG raunen; cf. Old Irish rūn 'secret', Latin rūmor

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

roumən {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}
- zɩ ɔt gʲəbróuxt roumən זי האָט געברויכט רוימען