German Rune

← Proto-Germanic *rūnō (inherited)

← Middle High German rūne (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *rūnu (inherited)

← Old High German rūna (inherited)

→ English rune (cognate)

→ German runisch (suffix)

→ German Runenschrift (compound)

→ German Lebensrune (affix)

→ German Todesrune (affix)

→ Dutch rune (borrowed)

→ Old Norse rún (cognate)

→ Russian руна (learned borrowing)