Etymology

runelike

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Today it means: Resembling a rune. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English rune
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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*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todayrunelike

From rune + -like.

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