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Where does “screeudeyr” come from?

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

screeudeyr (Manx): writer, secretary, scribe; secretary bird

Definitions

  1. writer, secretary, scribe; secretary bird

Ancestry of “screeudeyr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxscreeuwrite, scribe, pen; document; inscribe
2Old Irishscríbaidto write, write down; to write, compose
3Latinscrībō—
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “screeudeyr”

  • ard-screeudeyrys
  • fo-screeudeyr
  • lhiass-screeudeyr
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