Where does “Keilschrift” come from?

Keilschrift (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.

Keilschrift (German): cuneiform writing

Definitions

  1. cuneiform writing

Ancestry of “Keilschrift”, step by step

Keilschrift 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 keil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankeila wedge
2Middle High Germankillarge feather, quill
3Old High Germankil—

Words derived from “Keilschrift”

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