Where does “schrîven” come from?

schrîven (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon skrīvan, from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

schrîven (Middle Low German): to write to write down words

Definitions

  1. to write to write down words

Ancestry of “schrîven”, step by step

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

Words derived from “schrîven”

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