Where does “nedskrive” come from?

nedskrive (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål skrive, from Old Norse skrifa, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

nedskrive (Norwegian Bokmål): to book; to write down, reduce the book value of...

Definitions

  1. to book; to write down, reduce the book value of...

Ancestry of “nedskrive”, step by step

nedskrive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål skrive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskriveto write
2Old Norseskrifa—
3Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
4Latinscrībōto write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Norwegian Bokmål ned

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålneddown
2Old Norseniðrdown; kinsman, relative; son
3Proto-Germanicniþerdown, downwards
4Proto-Indo-Europeanniter—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →