Where does “scrīvan” come from?

scrīvan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

Ancestry of “scrīvan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “scrīvan”

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