Where does “rune” come from?
rune (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ, from Proto-Germanic rūnō, from Proto-Celtic rūnā — secret, mystery.
rune (Norwegian Bokmål): rune
Ancestry of “rune”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | rún | secret; rune |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | ᚱᚢᚾᛟ | secret, mystery; rune |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rūnō | secret, mystery; rune |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | rūnā | secret, mystery |