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Where does “underskrift” come from?

underskrift (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.

underskrift (Swedish): a signature

Definitions

  1. a signature

Ancestry of “underskrift”, step by step

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