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Where does “runousoppi” come from?

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

runousoppi (Finnish): poetics

Definitions

  1. poetics

Ancestry of “runousoppi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunouspoetry
2Finnishrunopoem; poetry; rune
3Proto-Norseᚱᚢᚾᛟsecret, mystery; rune
4Proto-Germanicrūnōsecret, mystery; rune
5Proto-Celticrūnāsecret, mystery
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