Where does “runoseppä” come from?

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

runoseppä (Finnish): (master) poet, versemaker, bard

Definitions

  1. (master) poet, versemaker, bard

Ancestry of “runoseppä”, step by step

runoseppä 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 seppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä—
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled
Every word from Proto-Celtic rūnā →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūnō →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ →