Where does “writethrough” come from?
writethrough (English) comes from English write, from Middle English writen, from Old English wrītan, from Proto-West Germanic wrītan, from Proto-Germanic wrītaną, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
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Ancestry of “writethrough”, step by step
writethrough traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English write
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | write | To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in... |
| 2 | Middle English | writen | To write draw letters on paper to form words; note the following common specialised senses |
| 3 | Old English | wrītan | to incise, engrave; to scratch, carve, write; to... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wrītan | to scratch, to carve |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wrītaną | to scratch, carve; to engrave, inscribe, write |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English through
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | through | From one side of an opening to the other;... |
| 2 | Middle English | thrugh | — |
| 3 | Old English | þurh | API; through; by means of: by, through, via |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þurhw | through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥h₂kʷe | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₂- | to cross over, pass through, overcome |