Where does “gewrit” come from?
gewrit (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
gewrit (Old English): writing, something written, written language;...
Definitions
- writing, something written, written language;...
Ancestry of “gewrit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | ġē | ye |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
Words derived from “gewrit”