Where does “skrītan” come from?

skrītan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skrīþan, from Proto-Germanic skrīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreyt-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

skrītan (Old High German): to glide

Definitions

  1. to glide

Ancestry of “skrītan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skrīþanto walk
2Proto-Germanicskrīþanąto walk, glide, crawl
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kreyt-to wind; twist; bend
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “skrītan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrīþaną →