Where does “skrīvan” come from?

skrīvan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skrīvan (Old Saxon): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “skrīvan”, step by step

skrīvan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic skrīban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
2Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Proto-Slavic skovornъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicskovornъlark

Words derived from “skrīvan”

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