Where does “Schrägschrift” come from?
Schrägschrift (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.
Schrägschrift (German): italics
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Schrägschrift”, step by step
Schrägschrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German schrift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schrift | writing, script |
| 2 | Middle High German | schrift | — |
| 3 | Old High German | scrift | — |
| 4 | Latin | scrīptum | text; anything written, writing |
| 5 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
via German schräg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schräg | oblique; slanted; strange; weird; awkward |
| 2 | Middle High German | schrage | grid of items arranged crosswise, e.g. of wooden... |
| 3 | Old High German | screnken | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skrankaz | barrier; grid, barrier |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |