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Where does “שריפֿטלעך” come from?

שריפֿטלעך (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שריפֿט, from Middle High German schrift, from Old High German scrift, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

שריפֿטלעך (Yiddish): written, in writing

Definitions

  1. written, in writing

Ancestry of “שריפֿטלעך”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשריפֿטwriting; typeface, font
2Middle High Germanschrift—
3Old High Germanscrift—
4Latinscrīptum—
5Latinscrībō—
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →