Where does “Schrei” come from?

Schrei (German) comes from Middle High German schrē, from Old High German screi.

Schrei (German): shout, cry, scream; cry; craze

Definitions

  1. shout, cry, scream; cry; craze

Ancestry of “Schrei”, step by step

Schrei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German schrē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschrē—
2Old High Germanscrei—

via Middle High German schrei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschrei—
Every word from Old High German screi →Every word from Middle High German schrē →