Where does “schrīben” come from?

schrīben (Middle High German) comes 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.

Ancestry of “schrīben”, step by step

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

Words derived from “schrīben”

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