Where does “wrīting” come from?

wrīting (Old English) comes from Old English wrītan, 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.

wrīting (Old English): writing

Definitions

  1. writing

Ancestry of “wrīting”, step by step

wrīting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wrītan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwrītanto incise, engrave; to scratch, carve, write; to...
2Proto-West Germanicwrītanto scratch, to carve
3Proto-Germanicwrītanąto scratch, carve; to engrave, inscribe, write
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Old English ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishingmeadow, water meadow, ing
2Old Norseengmeadow
3Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
5Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “wrīting”

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