Where does “tissemand” come from?
tissemand (Danish) comes from Danish tisse, from Danish pisse, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.
tissemand (Danish): penis; male restroom attendant at a public toilet
Definitions
- penis; male restroom attendant at a public toilet
Ancestry of “tissemand”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | tisse | pee, piddle |
| 2 | Danish | pisse | to piss; very |
| 3 | Middle Low German | pissen | — |
| 4 | Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 6 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 8 | Latin | pissio | I piss |