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Where does “skriftligen” come from?

skriftligen (Swedish) comes from Swedish skriftlig, 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 — to write.

skriftligen (Swedish): in writing

Definitions

  1. in writing

Ancestry of “skriftligen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskriftligwritten, in writing
2Swedishskrifta text, any written work, a book, a report, a...
3Old Norseskript—
4Middle Low Germanschrift—
5Old Saxonskrift—
6Proto-West Germanicskrifti—
7Latinscrīptum—
8Latinscrībō—
9Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →