Where does “skrift” come from?

skrift (Swedish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skrift (Swedish): a text, any written work, a book, a report, a...

Definitions

  1. a text, any written work, a book, a report, a...

Ancestry of “skrift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskript
2Middle Low Germanschrift
3Old Saxonskrift
4Proto-West Germanicskriftiwriting, scripture
5Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
6Latinscrībōto write
7Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “skrift

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβōEvery word from Latin scrībō