Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrītaną

Etymology
Of unclear origin.

Kroonen derives the root from a, with no known cognates outside of Germanic.

Pokorny and Lehmann suggest that the root is a d-extension of a, for which see 🇨🇬 for more possible cognates. 🇨🇬 may also continue this same root.

Verb

 * 1) to scratch, carve
 * 2) to engrave, inscribe, write
 * 1) to engrave, inscribe, write