Where does “runa” come from?

runa (Polish) comes from Old Norse rún, from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ, from Proto-Germanic rūnō, from Proto-Celtic rūnā — secret, mystery.

runa (Polish): rune; inflection of runo: ## genitive singular ##...

Definitions

  1. rune; inflection of runo: ## genitive singular ##...

Ancestry of “runa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserúnsecret; rune
2Proto-Norseᚱᚢᚾᛟsecret, mystery; rune
3Proto-Germanicrūnōsecret, mystery; rune
4Proto-Celticrūnāsecret, mystery

Words derived from “runa

Every word from Proto-Celtic rūnāEvery word from Proto-Germanic rūnōEvery word from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ