Where does “jynnskrifa” come from?

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

jynnskrifa (Cornish): to type

Definitions

  1. to type

Ancestry of “jynnskrifa”, step by step

jynnskrifa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish skrifa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishskrifato write
2LatinscriboI write
3Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Cornish jynn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishjynnengine, machine, motor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scribo →