Where does “wrītan” come from?

wrītan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic wrītan, from Proto-Germanic wrītaną, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

wrītan (Old English): to incise, engrave; to scratch, carve, write; to...

Definitions

  1. to incise, engrave; to scratch, carve, write; to...

Ancestry of “wrītan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwrītanto scratch, to carve
2Proto-Germanicwrītanąto scratch, carve; to engrave, inscribe, write
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “wrītan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrītaną →