Where does “rune” come from?

rune (Danish) comes from Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ, from Proto-Germanic rūnō, from Proto-Celtic rūnā — secret, mystery.

rune (Danish): rune

Definitions

  1. rune

Ancestry of “rune”, step by step

rune traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse rún

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserúnsecret; rune
2Proto-Norseᚱᚢᚾᛟsecret, mystery; rune
3Proto-Germanicrūnōsecret, mystery; rune
4Proto-Celticrūnāsecret, mystery

via Old Norse rúni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserúnimale pig
2Old Norseruna—

Words derived from “rune”

Every word from Proto-Celtic rūnā →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūnō →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ →