Where does “sankarirunous” come from?

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

sankarirunous (Finnish): heroic poetry

Definitions

  1. heroic poetry

Ancestry of “sankarirunous”, step by step

sankarirunous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish runous

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

via Finnish sankari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsankarihero, heroine; great capricorn beetle
2Old Swedishsangaresinger
Every word from Proto-Celtic rūnā →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūnō →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ →