Where does “gearrscríobh” come from?

gearrscríobh (Irish) comes from Irish scríobh, from Old Irish scríbaid, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

gearrscríobh (Irish): shorthand

Definitions

  1. shorthand

Ancestry of “gearrscríobh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishscríobhwrite; fill in, fill out; compose
2Old Irishscríbaidto write, write down; to write, compose
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “gearrscríobh”

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