Where does “pissen” come from?

pissen (German) comes 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.

pissen (German): to piss; to piss down

Definitions

  1. to piss; to piss down

Ancestry of “pissen”, step by step

pissen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German pissen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanpissen—
2Dutchpissento piss
3Middle Dutchpissento piss
4Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
5Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
6LatinpissioI piss

via Middle High German pissen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanpissen—

Words derived from “pissen”

Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →