Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rūnu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rūnō.

Noun

*rūnu f

1. secret, mystery
2. rune, letter

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rūnu
Genitive	*rūnā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rūnu	*rūnō
Accusative	*rūnā	*rūnā
Genitive	*rūnā	*rūnō
Dative	*rūnē	*rūnōm, *rūnum
Instrumental	*rūnu	*rūnōm, *rūnum

Derived terms

• *garūnō
• *rūnōn

Descendants

• Old English: rūn
  • Middle English: roun
    • Scots: rune, roun, round
    • English: roun, round
• Old Saxon: rūna
  • Middle Low German: rûne, rune
• Old Dutch: *rūna
  • Middle Dutch: rune, ruun, ruen; (alruna, alrune)
    • (Dutch: alruin)
• Old High German: rūna
  • Middle High German: rūne
    • German: Raune, Rune