Where does “punktskrift” come from?
punktskrift (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.
punktskrift (Norwegian Nynorsk): Braille
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Ancestry of “punktskrift”, step by step
punktskrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk skrift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | skrift | writing; den heilage skrifta - the Holy Scripture... |
| 2 | Old Norse | skript | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schrift | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | skrift | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skrifti | writing, scripture |
| 6 | Latin | scrīptum | text; anything written, writing |
| 7 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
via Norwegian Nynorsk punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | punkt | point; a dot |
| 2 | Old Norse | punktr | — |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 4 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |