Where does “skřivánek” come from?

skřivánek (Czech) comes from Old Saxon skrīvan, from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skřivánek (Czech): any lark of the genus Calandrella

Definitions

  1. any lark of the genus Calandrella

Ancestry of “skřivánek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonskrīvanto write
2Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
3Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
4Latinscrībōto write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “skřivánek

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβōEvery word from Latin scrībō
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