Where does “Grafschrëft” come from?

Grafschrëft (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Schrëft, from Old High German scrift, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

Grafschrëft (Luxembourgish): epitaph

Definitions

  1. epitaph

Ancestry of “Grafschrëft”, step by step

Grafschrëft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Schrëft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishSchrëftfont; writing; scripture
2Old High Germanscrift—
3Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
4Latinscrībōto write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Luxembourgish Graf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishGrafgrave
2Old High Germangraf—
3Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →