Where does “piss” come from?

piss (Estonian) comes from German pisse, from German pissen, 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.

piss (Estonian): urine

Definitions

  1. urine

Ancestry of “piss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpisseinflection of pissen: ## first-person singular...
2Germanpissento piss; to piss down
3Middle Low Germanpissen—
4Dutchpissento piss
5Middle Dutchpissento piss
6Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
7Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
8LatinpissioI piss
Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →