Where does “overskrift” come from?

overskrift (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål skrift, from Old Norse skript, from Middle Low German schrift, from Old Saxon skrift, from Proto-West Germanic skrifti, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō — to write.

overskrift (Norwegian Bokmål): title (subject), heading, headline

Definitions

  1. title (subject), heading, headline

Ancestry of “overskrift”, step by step

overskrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål skrift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskriftwriting; den hellige skrift, de hellige skrifter...
2Old Norseskript
3Middle Low Germanschrift
4Old Saxonskrift
5Proto-West Germanicskriftiwriting, scripture
6Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
7Latinscrībōto write
8Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Norwegian Bokmål over

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåloverabove; past; over; more than
2Old Norseyfirabove
3Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβōEvery word from Latin scrībō