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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-West Germanic	skrifti	—
2	Latin	scrīptum	—
3	Latin	scrībō	—
4	Proto-Italic	skreiβō	to carve
5	Proto-Indo-European	skreybʰ-	to write

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