Where does “propiska” come from?
propiska (English) comes from Russian пропи́ска, from Russian пропи́сывать, from Russian прописа́ть, from Russian писа́ть, from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen — I piss.
propiska (English): a system of population control in the ex-USSR, (regional) residence permit, registration
Definitions
- a system of population control in the ex-USSR, (regional) residence permit, registration
Ancestry of “propiska”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пропи́ска | propiska, residence permit, (mandatory) registration (USSR) |
| 2 | Russian | пропи́сывать | write into |
| 3 | Russian | прописа́ть | to register |
| 4 | Russian | писа́ть | to write |
| 5 | German | pissen | to piss; to piss down |
| 6 | Middle Low German | pissen | — |
| 7 | Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 9 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 11 | Latin | pissio | I piss |