Where does “skreiβō” come from?

skreiβō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skreiβō (Proto-Italic): to carve

Definitions

  1. to carve

Ancestry of “skreiβō”, step by step

skreiβō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Proto-Indo-European (s)kreybʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)kreybʰ-to scratch, to tear

Words derived from “skreiβō

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-