Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rūnōstabaz

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *rūnō (“secret, mystery, rune”) +‎ *stabaz (“staff, stick; letter of an alphabet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruː.nɔː.ˌstɑ.βɑz/

Noun

*rūnōstabaz m

1. a letter of the runic alphabet

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *rūnōstabaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rūnōstabaz	*rūnōstabōz, *rūnōstabōs
vocative	*rūnōstab	*rūnōstabōz, *rūnōstabōs
accusative	*rūnōstabą	*rūnōstabanz
genitive	*rūnōstabas, *rūnōstabis	*rūnōstabǫ̂
dative	*rūnōstabai	*rūnōstabamaz
instrumental	*rūnōstabō	*rūnōstabamiz

Related terms

• *bōkstabaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rūnustab
  • Old English: rūnstæf
    • Middle English: *rounstaf, run-staf (attested in run-staven (plural))
      • English: runestaff, runestave
  • Old High German: rūnstab; rūnstafa
• Old Norse: rúnastafr
  • Icelandic: rúnastafur
  • Faroese: rúnastavur
  • Swedish: runstav
  • Danish: runestav