Where does “skrift” come from?

skrift (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic skrifti, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

Ancestry of “skrift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskriftiwriting, scripture
2Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “skrift”

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