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Where does “skrif” come from?

skrif (Icelandic) comes from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skrif (Icelandic): writings

Definitions

  1. writings

Ancestry of “skrif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrībō—
2Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “skrif”

  • aðalskrifstofa
  • skrifstofa
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