Where does “askrifys” come from?

askrifys (Cornish) comes from Cornish askrifa, from Cornish skrifa, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

askrifys (Cornish): attributed, ascribed

Definitions

  1. attributed, ascribed

Ancestry of “askrifys”, step by step

askrifys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish askrifa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishaskrifato attribute, ascribe
2Cornishskrifato write
3LatinscriboI write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Cornish ys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishyscorn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-