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Where does “skrift” come from?

skrift (Danish) comes from Middle Low German schrift, from Old Saxon skrift, from Proto-West Germanic skrifti, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skrift (Danish): writing; writing, hand; script, font

Definitions

  1. writing; writing, hand; script, font

Ancestry of “skrift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschrift—
2Old Saxonskrift—
3Proto-West Germanicskrifti—
4Latinscrīptum—
5Latinscrībō—
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “skrift”

  • festskrift
  • skriftrulle
  • nodeskrift
  • skriftlig
  • kileskrift
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →