Where does “underskrift” come from?

underskrift (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.

underskrift (Norwegian Bokmål): a signature

Definitions

  1. a signature

Ancestry of “underskrift”, step by step

underskrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål skrift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskriftwriting; den hellige skrift, de hellige skrifter...
2Old Norseskript—
3Middle Low Germanschrift—
4Old Saxonskrift—
5Proto-West Germanicskriftiwriting, scripture
6Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
7Latinscrībōto write
8Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Norwegian Bokmål under

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålunderbelow; beneath; during; under
2Old Norseundirunder, underneath
3Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →