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Where does “Flugschreiber” come from?

Flugschreiber (German) comes from German Schreiber, 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.

Flugschreiber (German): flight recorder

Definitions

  1. flight recorder

Ancestry of “Flugschreiber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchreiberwriter, author, scribe, scrivener; clerk; pen
2Germanschreibento write, write out; to spell, spell out; to...
3Middle High Germanschrīben—
4Old High Germanscrīban—
5Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
6Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
7Latinscrībō—
8Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →