Where does “boekschrift” come from?

boekschrift (Dutch) comes from Dutch Schrift, from Middle Dutch scrift, from Old Dutch skrifti, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

boekschrift (Dutch): book hand

Definitions

  1. book hand

Ancestry of “boekschrift”, step by step

boekschrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Schrift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchSchriftscript
2Middle Dutchscrift—
3Old Dutchskrifti—
4Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Dutch boek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboekbook; omasum
2Middle Dutchboecbook; book, tome, volume
3Old Dutchbuok—
4Proto-West Germanicbōkinscribed billet, letter; book
5Proto-Germanicbōksletter, written message, inscriptions carved into...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →