Where does “Großschreibung” come from?
Großschreibung (German) comes from German Schreibung, 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.
Großschreibung (German): capitalization
Ancestry of “Großschreibung”, step by step