Elder Futhark
Elder Futhark is thought to be the oldest version of the Runic alphabet, and was used in the parts of Europe
which were home to Germanic peoples, including Scandinavia. Other versions probably developed from it.
The names of the letters are shown in Common Germanic, the reconstructed ancestor of all Germanic languages.
Notes
The letter k is also called
kēnaz (torch) or
kanō (skiff). The meaning of the letter name
perþ is unknown.