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Where does “skrivebord” come from?

skrivebord (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.

skrivebord (Norwegian Bokmål): a desk

Definitions

  1. a desk

Ancestry of “skrivebord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskriveto write
2Old Norseskrifa—
3Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
4Latinscrībō—
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →