Where does “fortschreiben” come from?
fortschreiben (German) comes from German schreiben, from Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.
fortschreiben (German): To update; To uphold
Ancestry of “fortschreiben”, step by step