Where does “Abschreibung” come from?
Abschreibung (German) comes from German abschreiben, from German schreiben, from Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō — to write.
Abschreibung (German): writedown, writeoff
Ancestry of “Abschreibung”, step by step