Where does “Kugelschreiber” come from?
Kugelschreiber (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.
Kugelschreiber (German): ballpoint pen, biro
Definitions
- ballpoint pen, biro
Ancestry of “Kugelschreiber”, step by step
Kugelschreiber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schreiber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schreiber | writer, author, scribe, scrivener; clerk; pen |
| 2 | German | schreiben | to write, write out; to spell, spell out; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | schrīben | — |
| 4 | Old High German | scrīban | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skrīban | to write |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skrībaną | to write |
| 7 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |