Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “skrive” come from?

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

skrive (Danish): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “skrive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonskrīban—
2Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
3Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
4Latinscrībō—
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “skrive”

  • skrivebord
  • skriv
  • beskrive
  • beskrivelse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →