Where does “schriftteken” come from?

schriftteken (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.

schriftteken (Dutch): glyph

Definitions

  1. glyph

Ancestry of “schriftteken”, step by step

schriftteken 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 teken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtekensign; signal; character
2Middle Dutchtêkenmark, sign
3Old Dutchtēkan—
4Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
5Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →