Where does “skriftspråk” come from?
skriftspråk (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.
skriftspråk (Norwegian Bokmål): written language
Definitions
- written language
Ancestry of “skriftspråk”, step by step
skriftspråk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål skrift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skrift | writing; den hellige skrift, de hellige skrifter... |
| 2 | Old Norse | skript | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schrift | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | skrift | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skrifti | writing, scripture |
| 6 | Latin | scrīptum | text; anything written, writing |
| 7 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |