Where does “schreiben” come from?

schreiben (German) comes 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.

schreiben (German): to write, write out; to spell, spell out; to...

Definitions

  1. to write, write out; to spell, spell out; to...

Ancestry of “schreiben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschrīben—
2Old High Germanscrīban—
3Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
4Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “schreiben”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →