Where does “knuteskrift” come from?

knuteskrift (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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.

knuteskrift (Norwegian Nynorsk): quipu

Definitions

  1. quipu

Ancestry of “knuteskrift”, step by step

knuteskrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk skrift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskskriftwriting; den heilage skrifta - the Holy Scripture...
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 Nynorsk knute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskknutea knot
2Old NorseKnútrknot
3Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
4Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →