Where does “sgrìobhaiche” come from?

sgrìobhaiche (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.

sgrìobhaiche (Scottish Gaelic): writer; correspondent

Definitions

  1. writer; correspondent

Ancestry of “sgrìobhaiche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicsgrìobhwrite, compose
2Old Irishscríbaidto write, write down; to write, compose
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →