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Where does “schreiwen” come from?

schreiwen (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

schreiwen (Luxembourgish): to write; to spell

Definitions

  1. to write; to spell

Ancestry of “schreiwen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschrīben—
2Old High Germanscrīban—
3Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
4Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
5Latinscrībō—
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “schreiwen”

  • ëmschreiwen
  • Schreifweis
  • ënnerschreiwen
  • verschreiwen
  • iwwerschreiwen
  • ausschreiwen
  • matschreiwen
  • ofschreiwen
  • opschreiwen
  • uschreiwen
  • zeréckschreiwen
  • aschreiwen
  • virschreiwen
  • beschreiwen
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