Where does “skrift” come from?

skrift (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skrift (Norwegian Bokmål): writing; den hellige skrift, de hellige skrifter...

Definitions

  1. writing; den hellige skrift, de hellige skrifter...

Ancestry of “skrift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskript—
2Middle Low Germanschrift—
3Old Saxonskrift—
4Proto-West Germanicskriftiwriting, scripture
5Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
6Latinscrībōto write
7Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “skrift”

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