Where does “Mitschrift” come from?

Mitschrift (German) comes from German mit, from Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit, from Proto-West Germanic midi, from Proto-Germanic midi, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

Mitschrift (German): transcript, written record

Definitions

  1. transcript, written record

Ancestry of “Mitschrift”, step by step

Mitschrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German mit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmitwith; with, by; at
2Middle High Germanmite
3Old High Germanmitwith
4Proto-West Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together; middle, mid
5Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
7Proto-Indo-Europeanin the middle of, near, by, around, with

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Indo-European meth₂Every word from Proto-Germanic midi