Where does “tankaruno” come from?
tankaruno (Finnish) comes from Finnish runo, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ, from Proto-Germanic rūnō, from Proto-Celtic rūnā — secret, mystery.
tankaruno (Finnish): tanka poem
Ancestry of “tankaruno”, step by step
tankaruno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish runo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | runo | poem; poetry; rune |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | ᚱᚢᚾᛟ | secret, mystery; rune |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rūnō | secret, mystery; rune |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | rūnā | secret, mystery |
via Finnish tanka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tanka | tanka Japanese verse |
| 2 | Japanese | 短歌 | tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 短 | short |