Words that come from Proto-Indo-European wreyd-

154 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wreyd- — including writing, write, writ, handwriting, rewrite, handwritten, songwriting, overwrite.

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English (66)

German (14)

Icelandic (8)

Old English (8)

Middle English (8)

Swedish (6)

Serbo-Croatian (6)

Hungarian (5)

Middle High German (5)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old Norse (4)

Luxembourgish (3)

Old High German (3)

Yiddish (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Dutch (1)

Polish (1)

Russian (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Slovene (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European wreyd- — 154 descendants | Etymology Explorer