Where does “sċrīþan” come from?

sċrīþan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skrīþan, from Proto-Germanic skrīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreyt-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

sċrīþan (Old English): to go; take one's way to a place; go about;...

Definitions

  1. to go; take one's way to a place; go about;...

Ancestry of “sċrīþan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skrīþanto walk
2Proto-Germanicskrīþanąto walk, glide, crawl
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kreyt-to wind; twist; bend
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “sċrīþan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrīþaną →