Where does “historieskrivning” come from?
historieskrivning (Swedish) comes from Swedish skrivning, 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.
historieskrivning (Swedish): historiography
Definitions
- historiography
Ancestry of “historieskrivning”, step by step
historieskrivning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skrivning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skrivning | writing; examination |
| 2 | Swedish | skriva | to write, to type, to copy; to put letters and... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | skriva | to write; to paint, to draw |
| 4 | Old Norse | skrifa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skrībaną | to write |
| 6 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
via Swedish historia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | historia | history; A story, plot; A joke or anecdote |