rún
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- secret
- rune
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Norse ᚱᚢᚾᛟ inherited from Proto-Germanic *rūnō (secret, letter, literature, rune) derived from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (dig, gather, draw, tear, burrow, roar, shout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*rewH-
Gloss
dig, gather, draw, tear, burrow, roar, shout
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
Timeline
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
- runo Finnish
- rumor Latin
- Rune German
- Runenschrift German
- runisch German
- rune Dutch, Flemish
- rune French
- runique French
- runologie French
- οὐρός Ancient Greek
- ῥυμός Ancient Greek
- ῥύμη Ancient Greek
- ῥύσιον Ancient Greek
- *rewH- Proto-Indo-European
- rune Norwegian Bokmål
- *reumô Proto-Germanic
- *rūnō Proto-Germanic
- dödsruna Swedish
- runa Swedish
- runa Polish
- rune Norwegian Nynorsk
- leoþorun Old English
- run Old English
- runian Old English
- rūn Old English
- roun Middle English
- rúnar, rún Old Norse
- sigr Old Norse
- sigrún Old Norse
- rún Icelandic
- rūna Old High German
- Sólrun Faroese
- rún Faroese
- rúnasteinur Faroese
- rūne Middle High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- *rūnu gmw-pro
- *rūna Old Dutch
- *rūnā Proto-Celtic
- runa Slovak
- run Old Swedish
- ᚱᚢᚾᛟ Proto-Norse