Where does “runo” come from?
runo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic runo, from Proto-Indo-European (H)row-(m)no-, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
runo (Serbo-Croatian): fleece; vocative singular of runa
Definitions
- fleece; vocative singular of runa
Ancestry of “runo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | runo | fleece |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)row-(m)no- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |