Etymograph

English

Runic

From rune + -ic, because such languages were written using runes.

Formed from rune + -ic

Proto-Germanic *rūnǭ

Proto-Norse runo ‘secret, mystery’

Old Norse rún ‘secret’

English rune

The story

From rune + -ic, because such languages were written using runes.

Today it means

name Any of the ancient Germanic languages which were written using runes.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Runic