Etymology

runecarver

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English carver ← Middle English kerver ← Old English ċeorfan
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic*rūnābor.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*rūnō
  3. Proto-Germanic*rūnǭ
  4. Proto-Norseᚱᚢᚾᛟ (runo)
  5. Old Norserún
  6. Englishrune
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  8. Proto-Germanic*kerbaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*kerban
  10. Old Englishċeorfan
  11. Middle Englishkerven
  12. Middle Englishkerver
  13. Englishcarver
  14. English todayrunecarver

From rune + carver.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.