Where does “skrivekunst” come from?

skrivekunst (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kunst, from Middle Low German kunst, from Old Saxon kunst, from Proto-Germanic kunstiz, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

skrivekunst (Norwegian Bokmål): the art of writing, penmanship

Definitions

  1. the art of writing, penmanship

Ancestry of “skrivekunst”, step by step

skrivekunst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kunst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkunstart; artificial, man-made; see also kunstig
2Middle Low Germankunstart, artistry
3Old Saxonkunst—
4Proto-Germanickunstizknowledge, ability
5Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Norwegian Bokmål skrive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskriveto write
2Old Norseskrifa—
3Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
4Latinscrībōto write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunnaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunstiz →