• Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzM
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    4 days ago

    This is actually fairly common, as older words get adapted into “writing”. For example:

    • Latin ⟨scribō⟩ I write ← PIE *(s)kreybʰ- “to scratch”
    • English ⟨write⟩ ← PIE *wrey- “to rip”

    They both backtrack to PIE… and as far as I know PIE did not have writing.