Etymology

runecraft

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Today it means: Knowledge of runes; skill in deciphering runic characters. Full definition →

Old English cræft ← Proto-West Germanic *kraftu ← Proto-Germanic *kraftuz
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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-Germanic*krafjaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  10. Old Englishcræft
  11. English todayrunecraft

From rune + -craft. Compare Old English rūncræftiġ (“skilled in deciphering runes”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.