Dutch word schrijven comes from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ-, and later Proto-Italic *skreiβō (To carve.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *skreybʰ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *skreiβō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | To carve. |
| scribo | Latin (lat) | I write. |
| *skrībaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To write. |
| skrīvan | Old Dutch (odt) | |
| schriven | Middle Dutch (dum) | To engrave. To note down. To notify in writing. To write. |
| schrijven | Dutch (nld) | (transitive) to write. (transitive) to write (data). |