Where does “ritskoða” come from?

ritskoða (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic rit, from Old Norse rit, from Proto-Germanic writą, from Proto-Indo-European wrey-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

ritskoða (Icelandic): to censor

Definitions

  1. to censor

Ancestry of “ritskoða”, step by step

ritskoða traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic rit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicritwrit; work, literary work; chart, diagram
2Old Norserit—
3Proto-Germanicwritąfissure; crevice; groove; engraving; writing;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwrey-to rip, tear; to turn; wrap; bind
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Icelandic skoða

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskoðato view, to observe, to watch, to check out; to...
2Old Norseskoðato watch, view
3Proto-Germanicskuþōną—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewh₁-to perceive; to observe

Words derived from “ritskoða”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic writą →