Where does “kileskrift” come from?

kileskrift (Danish) comes from German Keilschrift, from German schrift, from Middle High German schrift, from Old High German scrift, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

kileskrift (Danish): cuneiform; a text written in cuneiform

Definitions

  1. cuneiform; a text written in cuneiform

Ancestry of “kileskrift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKeilschriftcuneiform writing
2Germanschriftwriting, script
3Middle High Germanschrift—
4Old High Germanscrift—
5Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
6Latinscrībōto write
7Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →