Where does “föreskriva” come from?

föreskriva (Swedish) comes from Swedish skriva, from Old Swedish skriva, from Old Norse skrifa, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

föreskriva (Swedish): to prescribe, to instruct, to order

Definitions

  1. to prescribe, to instruct, to order

Ancestry of “föreskriva”, step by step

föreskriva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish skriva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskrivato write, to type, to copy; to put letters and...
2Old Swedishskrivato write; to paint, to draw
3Old Norseskrifa
4Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Swedish före

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförein front of; ahead of; before; earlier in time...
2Old Swedishfȳrir
3Old Norsefýrirbefore, in front of
4Old Norseþvídative singular of þat; therefore, for that...
5Proto-Germanic*sa
6Proto-Austronesian*əsa
7Proto-Oceanic*isa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβōEvery word from Latin scrībō
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