Where does “שרײַבן” come from?

שרײַבן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish טיש, from Old High German tisc, from Proto-West Germanic disk, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti, from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- — take; perceive.

שרײַבן (Yiddish): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “שרײַבן”, step by step

שרײַבן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish טיש

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishטישtable
2Old High Germantiscplate
3Proto-West Germanicdiskdish
4Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
5Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
6Proto-Italicdikskō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive

via Middle High German schrīben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschrīben—
2Old High Germanscrīban—
3Proto-West Germanicskrībanto write
4Proto-Germanicskrībanąto write
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “שרײַבן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic dikskō →