Where does “rettskriving” come from?

rettskriving (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Rechtschreibung, from German Schreibung, from German schreiben, from Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō — to write.

rettskriving (Norwegian Nynorsk): orthography, spelling

Definitions

  1. orthography, spelling

Ancestry of “rettskriving”, step by step

rettskriving traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Rechtschreibung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRechtschreibungorthography
2GermanSchreibungwriting, printing; spelling
3Germanschreibento write, write out; to spell, spell out; to...
4Middle High Germanschrīben—
5Old High Germanscrīban—
6Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
7Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
8Latinscrībōto write
9Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Norwegian Nynorsk skriving

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskskrivingwriting
2Norwegian Nynorsk-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used...
3Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
4Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing

via Norwegian Nynorsk rett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskrettright; straight; a right
2Old Norseréttrright
3Proto-Germanicrehtuz—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →