Where does “писати” come from?

писати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic pьsati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś-, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

писати (Old Church Slavonic): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “писати”, step by step

писати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic pьsati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpьsatito draw, depict; to write
2Proto-Balto-Slavicpeiś-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

via Proto-Slavic pisati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpisatito write

Words derived from “писати

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś-Every word from Proto-Slavic pьsati