Where does “handskrift” come from?
handskrift (Swedish) comes from Swedish skrift, from Old Norse skript, from Middle Low German schrift, from Old Saxon skrift, from Proto-West Germanic skrifti, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō — to write.
handskrift (Swedish): handwriting, manuscript
Definitions
- handwriting, manuscript
Ancestry of “handskrift”, step by step
handskrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skrift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skrift | a text, any written work, a book, a report, a... |
| 2 | Old Norse | skript | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schrift | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | skrift | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skrifti | writing, scripture |
| 6 | Latin | scrīptum | text; anything written, writing |
| 7 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |