write
Frisian (Western)
/ˈvritə/
verb
Definitions
- to rip, to tear
- to be painful, to sting
Etymology
Inherited from Old Frisian wrīta derived from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (carve, write).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wrītaną
Gloss
carve, write
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
書
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewrite English
- cowrite English
- enwrite English
- forewrite English
- handwrite English
- inwrite English
- miswrite English
- outwrite English
- overwrite English
- prewrite English
- rewrite English
- screenwrite English
- skywrite English
- sleepwrite English
- subwrite English
- underwrite English
- unwrite English
- writability English
- writable English
- write English
- write-down English
- write-up English
- writeback English
- writee English
- writer English
- writest English
- writeth English
- writethrough English
- writing English
- writo English
- wrijten Dutch, Flemish
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrey- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrītaną Proto-Germanic
- wrītan Old English
- writen Middle English
- ríta Old Norse
- writen Middle Dutch
- rīzan Old High German
- *wrītan gmw-pro
- *wrītan Old Dutch
- writan Old Saxon
- wrīta Old Frisian
- raitim Tok Pisin