Where does “pisher” come from?
pisher (English) comes from Yiddish פּישער, from Yiddish פּישן, 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.
pisher (English): Somebody who is inept at a task or new to a job;...
Definitions
- Somebody who is inept at a task or new to a job;...
Ancestry of “pisher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | פּישער | pisser |
| 2 | Yiddish | פּישן | to urinate |
| 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 |