Where does “Schriftsteller” come from?

Schriftsteller (German) comes from German erstellen, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.

Schriftsteller (German): author, writer

Definitions

  1. author, writer

Ancestry of “Schriftsteller”, step by step

Schriftsteller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German erstellen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanerstellento create
2Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
3Middle High Germaner-—
4Old High Germanir-thoroughly
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

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

Words derived from “Schriftsteller”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from German er- →