Where does “Schriftstellerin” come from?

Schriftstellerin (German) comes from German Schriftsteller, 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- — out, outward.

Schriftstellerin (German): authoress

Definitions

  1. authoress

Ancestry of “Schriftstellerin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchriftstellerauthor, writer
2Germanerstellento create
3Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
4Middle High Germaner-—
5Old High Germanir-thoroughly
6Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
7Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from German er- →