Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The act or style of writing. · The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. · To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.). · To compose and send written information (to). · To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.
From Middle English writen, from Old English wrītan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”). Cognate with West Frisian write (“to wear by rubbing, rip, tear”), Dutch wrijten (“to argue, quarrel”), Middle Low German wrîten (“to scratch, draw, write”) (> Low German wrieten, rieten (“to tear, split”)), German reißen (“to tear, rip”), Norwegian rita (“to rough-sketch, carve, write”), Swedish rita (“to draw, design, delineate, model”), Icelandic ríta, rita (“to inscribe, sketch, write”), German ritzen (“to carve, scratch”), Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to carve, engrave, dig”), Polish ryć (“to engrave, dig”), Czech rýt (“to engrave, dig”). See also rit and rat.
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionwritenenm
- Inherited-form mentionwrītanang
- Inherited-form mention*wrītangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wrītanągem-pro · to carve, write
- Derivation mention*wrey-ine-pro · to rip, tear
- Cognate mentionwritefy · to wear by rubbing, rip, tear
- Cognate mentionwrijtennl · to argue, quarrel
- Cognate mentionwrîtengml · to scratch, draw, write
- Cognate mentionwrietennds
- Cognate mentionreißende · to tear, rip
- Cognate mentionritano · to rough-sketch, carve, write
- Cognate mentionritasv · to draw, design, delineate, model
- Cognate mentionritais · to inscribe, sketch, write
- Cognate mentionritzende · to carve, scratch
- Cognate mention*rytisla-pro · to carve, engrave, dig
- Cognate mentionryćpl · to engrave, dig
- Cognate mentionrýtcs · to engrave, dig
This page abbreviates 9 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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