Where does “virsirunous” come from?

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

virsirunous (Finnish): (religious) hymn poetry

Definitions

  1. (religious) hymn poetry

Ancestry of “virsirunous”, step by step

virsirunous 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 virsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirsihymn, psalm or chant
2Proto-Finnicvircisong, poem
3Proto-Finnicvirti—
Every word from Proto-Celtic rūnā →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūnō →Every word from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ →
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