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Where does “-pis” come from?

-pis (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic pisьmo, from Proto-Slavic pьsati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś-, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Ancestry of “-pis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpisьmoletter
2Proto-Slavicpьsatito draw, depict; to write
3Proto-Balto-Slavicpeiś-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “-pis”

  • časopis
  • часопис
  • těsnopis
  • dálnopis
  • časopis
  • přírodopis
  • životopisný
  • hanopis
  • cestopis
  • stejnopis
  • rostlinopis
  • životopis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →