Where does “fo-sgrìobh” come from?
fo-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.
fo-sgrìobh (Scottish Gaelic): subscribe; underwrite
Ancestry of “fo-sgrìobh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | sgrìobh | write, compose |
| 2 | Old Irish | scríbaid | to write, write down; to write, compose |
| 3 | Latin | scrībō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |