Where does “runosatu” come from?

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

runosatu (Finnish): a fairy tale in the form of a poem

Definitions

  1. a fairy tale in the form of a poem

Ancestry of “runosatu”, step by step

runosatu 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 Satu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSatufairy tale
2Finnishsatufairy tale; fable; tale
3Finnishsattuato hurt, be sore physically or mentally
4Proto-Finnicsattudakto happen by chance
Every word from Proto-Celtic rūnā →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūnō →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ →