Where does “Schriftzeichen” come from?
Schriftzeichen (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.
Schriftzeichen (German): character
Ancestry of “Schriftzeichen”, step by step