Where does “runonkatkelma” come from?

runonkatkelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish runo, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ, from Proto-Germanic rūnō, from Proto-Celtic rūnā — secret, mystery.

runonkatkelma (Finnish): snippet of poetry

Definitions

  1. snippet of poetry

Ancestry of “runonkatkelma”, step by step

runonkatkelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish runo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunopoem; poetry; rune
2Proto-Norseᚱᚢᚾᛟsecret, mystery; rune
3Proto-Germanicrūnōsecret, mystery; rune
4Proto-Celticrūnāsecret, mystery

via Finnish katkelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatkelmaextract, excerpt clip, snippet or passage from a larger work
2Finnishkatketato cut; to break, snap
3Proto-Finnickatket'akto break (into two pieces), to snap
Every word from Proto-Celtic rūnā →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūnō →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ →