English shrift

← Old English scryft (inherited)

← Old English sċrift (inherited)

← Old English sċrīfan (mention)

← English shrive (mention)

← Middle English shrift (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *skrībaną (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- (derived)

← Latin scrībō (derived)

→ English short shrift (compound)

→ English shriftfather (compound)

→ English earshrift (compound)

→ Danish skrift (cognate)