Where does “skrifa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “skrifa”, step by step

skrifa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic skrībaną

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

via Germanic *skrībaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*skrībaną—

Words derived from “skrifa”

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