Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rūnā

This Proto-Celtic 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-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

  1. secret, mystery

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *rūnā *rūnai *rūnās
vocative *rūnā *rūnai *rūnās
accusative *rūnam *rūnai *rūnāns
genitive *rūnās *rūnous *rūnom
dative *rūnāi *rūnābom *rūnābos
locative *rūnai *? *?
instrumental *? *rūnābim *rūnābis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *rrin
  • Old Irish: rún

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rūnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 316-7

Further reading

  • Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 117
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