Where does “ġewrit” come from?

ġewrit (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.

ġewrit (Old English): writing, something written, written language;...

Definitions

  1. writing, something written, written language;...

Ancestry of “ġewrit”, step by step

ġewrit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English writ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwritwrit
2Proto-Germanicwritąfissure; crevice; groove; engraving; writing;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwrey-to rip, tear; to turn; wrap; bind
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “ġewrit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →