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Where does “scricht” come from?

scricht (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch skrifti, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

Ancestry of “scricht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskrifti—
2Latinscrīptum—
3Latinscrībō—
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “scricht”

  • geschrift
  • kortschrift
  • snelschrift
  • schriftteken
  • spotschrift
  • wederlegschrift
  • spijkerschrift
  • bezwaarschrift
  • wigschrift
  • schoonschrift
  • afschrift
  • proefschrift
  • schrift
  • spykerskrif
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