Words for writing, script and related things in Celtic languages:
| Old Irish (Goídelc) | scríbaid [ˈsʲkʲrʲiːviðʲ] = to write (down), compose |
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| Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) | scríbaid = to write (down), compose aithscríbaid = rewrites scríbend = the act of writing |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | scriobh [ʃcɾʲiːvˠ / ʃcɾʲiːw] = to write, fill in, compose; (hand)writing scriobhaí = scribe, amanuensis scríobhneóir = writer, author scríobhneóireacht = writing, penmanship, literary work scríofa = written |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | sgrìobh [sgrʲiːv] = to write, compose, inscribe sgrìobhadh [sgrʲiːvəɣ] = writing, composing, inscribing, inscription, penmanship, writings, works sgrìobhaiche = scribe, correspondent, writer sgrìobhair = writer, scribe |
| Manx (Gaelg) | screeu = document, writing; to inscribe, pen, scribe, write screeuee = of writing screeudeyr = scribe, secretary, secretary bird, writer scrudeyr = scribe, secretary screeudeyrys = writing screeuit, screeut, scruit = written |
| Proto-Brythonic | *skriβenn = writing, something written |
| Old Welsh | scribenn = writing |
| Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | yscriven, ysgriuen = writing escryuennu, ysgriuennv, sgriuenv = to write |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) | (y)sgrifen [əsˈɡrɪvɛn / ˈsɡrɪvɛn] = writing, manuscript, inscription, handwriting, letter, document, writ, deed, certificate, bill (y)sgrifenedig = written, recorded, signed (y)sgrifenlyfr = manuscript, writing-book (y)sgrifennaf, (y)sgrifennu, sgwennu = to write, note (down), take a census (y)sgrifennydd = secretary, scribe, clerk, copyist, writer, author (y)sgrifennyddiaeth = orthography, spelling, handwriting ysgrafo = to scratch, claw |
| Old Cornish | scriuen = writing |
| Middle Cornish (Cernewec) | screfa, scrife = to write screft = scripture scrife = writing scriven = writing, letter, missive scriviniat, scriuinat = writer scrivit, scriut = writing |
| Cornish (Kernewek) | skrif [skriːf] = document, script, writing, article skrifa = to write, script, writ, writing skrienyas, skrienyades = secretary skrifenyaseth = secretariat skrifer, skrifores = writer skrifwas = clerk |
| Middle Breton (Brezonec) | skriv, scrihuë = written skrivadenn = something written skrivadur = spelling, way of writing skrivagner = scribe, secretary skrivailher, skrivantour, skrivagnerez = writer skrivañ, skriviñ, skriv = to write |
| Breton (Brezhoneg) | skrivad = writing skrivadenn = dictation skrivagner = writer skrivañ = to write |
Etymology: from Latin scrībō (I write), from Proto-Italic *skreiβō (I carve), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- (to scratch, to tear) [source].
Words from the same roots include scribble, scribe, script, shrift and shrive in English, and scritta (writing, notice, sign) and scrìvere (to write, spell) in Italian [source].
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, Online Manx Dictionary, Teanglann.ie, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, In Dúil Bélrai English – Old Irish glossary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Gerlyvyr Cernewec, Dictionaire Favereau, TermOfis, Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton, Geriafurch, English – ProtoCeltic WordList (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic