Where does “Rechtschreiben” come from?
Rechtschreiben (German) comes from German Rechtschreibung, 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 — to write.
Rechtschreiben (German): to spell correctly, to follow orthographical rules
Definitions
- to spell correctly, to follow orthographical rules
Ancestry of “Rechtschreiben”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rechtschreibung | orthography |
| 2 | German | Schreibung | writing, printing; spelling |
| 3 | German | schreiben | to write, write out; to spell, spell out; to... |
| 4 | Middle High German | schrīben | — |
| 5 | Old High German | scrīban | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | skrīban | to write |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skrībaną | to write |
| 8 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |