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Where does “skrifa” come from?

skrifa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse skrifa, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skrifa (Icelandic): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “skrifa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskrifa—
2Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
3Latinscrībō—
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “skrifa”

  • skrifbretti
  • skrifborð
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