Where does “Schreft” come from?

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

Schreft (Plautdietsch): writing, literature, script

Definitions

  1. writing, literature, script

Ancestry of “Schreft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschrift—
2Old Saxonskrift—
3Proto-West Germanicskriftiwriting, scripture
4Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “Schreft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →