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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
3Latinscrībō—
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “sċrīfan”

  • shrift
  • shrive
  • shriving
  • shriver
  • earshrift
  • shriveth
  • shrivest
  • shriftfather
  • shriven
  • shrive
  • schriven
  • shryven
  • shryver
  • shryvyng
  • schrifen
  • sċrift
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