Where does “clò-sgrìobh” come from?

clò-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.

clò-sgrìobh (Scottish Gaelic): type

Definitions

  1. type

Ancestry of “clò-sgrìobh”, step by step

clò-sgrìobh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic sgrìobh

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

via Scottish Gaelic clò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicclòcloth; tweed; print
2Middle Irishclómetal spike, nail

Words derived from “clò-sgrìobh”

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