Where does “Blockschrift” come from?

Blockschrift (German) comes from German schrift, from Middle High German schrift, from Old High German scrift, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

Blockschrift (German): block letters; print

Definitions

  1. block letters; print

Ancestry of “Blockschrift”, step by step

Blockschrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schrift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschriftwriting, script
2Middle High Germanschrift—
3Old High Germanscrift—
4Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via German block

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanblockbloc
2Middle High Germanbloc—
3Old High Germanblocblock
4Proto-Germanic*blokk—
5Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “Blockschrift”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →
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