Where does “uskreven” come from?
uskreven (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål skreven, 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.
uskreven (Norwegian Bokmål): unwritten
Definitions
- unwritten
Ancestry of “uskreven”, step by step
uskreven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål skreven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skreven | written |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | skrive | to write |
| 3 | Old Norse | skrifa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skrībaną | to write |
| 5 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
via Norwegian Bokmål U
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | U | The uppercase form of u, the twenty-first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by t and followed by v |
| 2 | Latin | v | Capital form of |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌖 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Υ | ypsilon |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |