Where does “sċrīfan” come from?

sċrīfan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

sċrīfan (Old English): 1. to decree, pass judgement, prescribe, 2. to...

Definitions

  1. 1. to decree, pass judgement, prescribe, 2. to...

Ancestry of “sċrīfan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
2Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “sċrīfan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →