Where does “schriftstellerisch” come from?
schriftstellerisch (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.
schriftstellerisch (German): literary
Ancestry of “schriftstellerisch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Schriftsteller | author, writer |
| 2 | German | erstellen | to create |
| 3 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 4 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |