Rune
German (Berlin)
/ˈʀuːnə/
noun
Definitions
- A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German rūne (whisper) inherited from Old High German rūna (mystery, secret) inherited from *rūnu inherited from Proto-Germanic *rūnō (secret, letter, literature, rune).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*rūnō
Gloss
secret, letter, literature, rune
Concept
Semantic Field
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Runic English
- bind-rune English
- moon rune English
- rune English
- runecarver English
- runecraft English
- runed English
- runelike English
- runelore English
- runemaster English
- runer English
- runesmith English
- runestone English
- runic English
- runiform English
- runish English
- runology English
- Runenschrift German
- Schrift German
- runisch German
- rune Dutch, Flemish
- rune French
- *rewH- Proto-Indo-European
- rune Norwegian Bokmål
- *rūnō Proto-Germanic
- runa Polish
- rune Norwegian Nynorsk
- run Old English
- rūn Old English
- rún Old Norse
- rúnar, rún Old Norse
- sigrún Old Norse
- rún Icelandic
- helliruna Old High German
- rūna Old High German
- rún Faroese
- rūne Middle High German
- 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- *rūnu gmw-pro
- *rūna Old Dutch
- *rūnā Proto-Celtic
- runa Slovak
- run Old Swedish
- ᚱᚢᚾᛟ Proto-Norse