Where does “schrijven” come from?

schrijven (Dutch) comes 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.

schrijven (Dutch): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “schrijven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschrivento write; to notify in writing; to note down
2Old Dutchscrīvanto write
3Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
4Latinscrībōto write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “schrijven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →