*rūnō

Runic: ᚱᚢᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈruː.nɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

secret, mystery
inscription written with runes (letters of the Germanic runic alphabet)

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing either from Proto-Celtic *rūnā or from the same source as it; see there for more.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	rūnō	rūnôz
Acc.	rūnǭ	rūnōz
Gen.	rūnōz	rūnǫ̂
Dat.	rūnōi	rūnōmaz
Inst.	rūnō	rūnōmiz
Voc.	rūnō	rūnôz

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Descendants

*rūnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rūna (Old Dutch)
  - rune, ruun, ruen, alruna, alrune (Middle Dutch)
    - alruin (Dutch)
*rūnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- rūn (Old English)
  - roun (Middle English)
    - roun, round (English)
    - rune, roun, round (Scots)
*rūnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- rūna (Old High German)
  - rūne (Middle High German)
    - Raune, Rune (German)
*rūnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- rūna (Old Saxon)
  - rûne, rune (Middle Low German)
ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (rūnō) (Proto-Norse)
- runo (Finnish)
  - runa, runo (Swedish)
ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (rūnō) (Proto-Norse)
- rún, ᚱᚢᚾ (run), ᚱᚢᚾᛅᛦ (runaʀ), ᚱᚢᚾᛁᛦ (runiʀ), ᚱᚢᚾᚬᛦ (runąʀ) (Old Norse)
  - rún (Faroese)
  - rún (Icelandic)
  - run, runer, rón, rjón (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (rūnō) (Proto-Norse)
- rún, ᚱᚢᚾ (run), ᚱᚢᚾᛅᛦ (runaʀ), ᚱᚢᚾᛁᛦ (runiʀ), ᚱᚢᚾᚬᛦ (runąʀ) (Old Norse)
  - rune (Old Danish)
    - rune, runer (Danish)
      - rune (English)
        
        盧恩 (lú'ēn), 卢恩 (lú'ēn) (Mandarin)
ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (rūnō) (Proto-Norse)
- rún, ᚱᚢᚾ (run), ᚱᚢᚾᛅᛦ (runaʀ), ᚱᚢᚾᛁᛦ (runiʀ), ᚱᚢᚾᚬᛦ (runąʀ) (Old Norse)
  - rune (Old Danish)
    - rune, runer (Danish)
      - Rune (German)
        
        rune (Dutch)
ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (rūnō) (Proto-Norse)
- rún, ᚱᚢᚾ (run), ᚱᚢᚾᛅᛦ (runaʀ), ᚱᚢᚾᛁᛦ (runiʀ), ᚱᚢᚾᚬᛦ (runąʀ) (Old Norse)
  - rune (Old Danish)
    - rune, runer (Danish)
      - rune (Norwegian Bokmål)
        
        rune, runa (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᚱᚢᚾᛟ (rūnō) (Proto-Norse)
- rún, ᚱᚢᚾ (run), ᚱᚢᚾᛅᛦ (runaʀ), ᚱᚢᚾᛁᛦ (runiʀ), ᚱᚢᚾᚬᛦ (runąʀ) (Old Norse)
  - rūn, rūna (Old Swedish)
    - runa (Swedish)
𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna) (Gothic)

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