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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Uncertain; Proto-Germanic *rūnō is either derived from the same source or is itself a loanword from Proto-Celtic. Matasovic is skeptical of connections to Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to roar; grumble; murmur; mumble; whisper”) (whence Latin rūmor) and to Ancient Greek ἐρέω (eréō, “to ask, tell”), and appears to prefer a borrowing from a common substrate language.[1]
Noun
*rūnā f
- secret, mystery
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*rūnā
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*rūnai
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*rūnās
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| vocative
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*rūnā
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*rūnai
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*rūnās
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| accusative
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*rūnam
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*rūnai
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*rūnāms
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| genitive
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*rūnās
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*rūnous
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*rūnom
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| dative
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*rūnāi
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*rūnābom
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*rūnābos
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| locative
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*rūnai
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*rūnābim
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*rūnābis
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 117
