Where does “skribent” come from?

skribent (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin scribens, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skribent (Norwegian Nynorsk): a writer

Definitions

  1. a writer

Ancestry of “skribent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscribenswriting
2Latinscrībōto write
3Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →