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Where does “punktskrift” come from?

punktskrift (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.

punktskrift (Norwegian Bokmål): Braille

Definitions

  1. Braille

Ancestry of “punktskrift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskriftwriting; den hellige skrift, de hellige skrifter...
2Old Norseskript—
3Middle Low Germanschrift—
4Old Saxonskrift—
5Proto-West Germanicskrifti—
6Latinscrīptum—
7Latinscrībō—
8Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →