Where does “schrijftafel” come from?
schrijftafel (Dutch) comes from Dutch schrijven, from Middle Dutch schriven, from Old Dutch scrīvan, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.
schrijftafel (Dutch): desk
Ancestry of “schrijftafel”, step by step