Where does “runes” come from?

Runes comes from Old Norse rún, from Proto-Germanic rūnō, from Proto-Indo-European rewHn-, ultimately from the root rewH-.

runes (English): plural of rune

Definitions

  1. plural of rune

Ancestry of “runes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishruneA letter, or character, belonging to the written...
2Old Norserúnsecret; rune
3Proto-Norseᚱᚢᚾᛟsecret, mystery; rune
4Proto-Germanicrūnōsecret, mystery; rune
5Proto-Celticrūnāsecret, mystery

Words derived from “runes”

Every word from Proto-Celtic rūnā →
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