Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rūnō

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *rewHn-, from *rewH-, *rēwH- (“to roar; grumble; murmur; mumble; whisper”). Compare Latin rūmor. Possibly a borrowing either from Proto-Celtic *rūnā or from the same source as it.

Pronunciation

Noun

*rūnō f[1]

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

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *rūnō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *rūnō *rūnôz
vocative *rūnō *rūnôz
accusative *rūnǭ *rūnōz
genitive *rūnōz *rūnǫ̂
dative *rūnōi *rūnōmaz
instrumental *rūnō *rūnōmiz

Coordinate terms

  • *stabaz (“letter (of an alphabet)”)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rūnō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 310
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