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Where does “ath-sgrìobh” come from?

ath-sgrìobh (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic sgrìobh, from Old Irish scríbaid, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

ath-sgrìobh (Scottish Gaelic): copy, rewrite, transcribe

Definitions

  1. copy, rewrite, transcribe

Ancestry of “ath-sgrìobh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicsgrìobhwrite, compose
2Old Irishscríbaidto write, write down; to write, compose
3Latinscrībō—
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “ath-sgrìobh”

  • ath-sgrìobhair
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