Where does “foreskrive” come from?

foreskrive (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German vorschreiben, from German schreiben, 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 — to write.

foreskrive (Norwegian Bokmål): to prescribe (something)

Definitions

  1. to prescribe (something)

Ancestry of “foreskrive”, step by step

foreskrive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German vorschreiben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvorschreibento prescribe, to dictate, to command
2Germanschreibento write, write out; to spell, spell out; to...
3Middle High Germanschrīben—
4Old High Germanscrīban—
5Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
6Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
7Latinscrībōto write
8Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Norwegian Bokmål skrive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskriveto write
2Old Norseskrifa—
3Germanic*skrībaną—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →