Where does “Schrëft” come from?

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

Schrëft (Luxembourgish): font; writing; scripture

Definitions

  1. font; writing; scripture

Ancestry of “Schrëft”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Schrëft”

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