Proto-Germanic

*wrītaną

‘to scratch, carve’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *wrītaną.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną, most familiar first.

• writing ← wrītan ← *wrītan
• write ← writen ← wrītan ← *wrītan
• writer ← wrītere ← wrītan ← *wrītan
• unwritten ← unwriten ← unwriten ← wrītan ← *wrītan
• underwrite ← underwriten ← underwrītan ← wrītan ← *wrītan
• bewrite ← bewriten ← bewrītan ← *biwrītan ← *wrītan
• forewrite ← fore-writen ← forewrītan ← wrītan ← *wrītan
• miswrite ← miswriten ← miswrītan ← wrītan ← *wrītan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wrītaną