Where does “rūne” come from?

rūne (Middle High German) comes from Old High German rūna, from Proto-West Germanic rūnu, from Proto-Germanic rūnō, from Proto-Celtic rūnā — secret, mystery.

rūne (Middle High German): whisper

Definitions

  1. whisper

Ancestry of “rūne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanrūnasecret, mystery
2Proto-West Germanicrūnusecret, mystery; rune, letter
3Proto-Germanicrūnōsecret, mystery; rune
4Proto-Celticrūnāsecret, mystery

Words derived from “rūne”

Every word from Proto-Celtic rūnā →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūnō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rūnu →
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