Where does “cienkopis” come from?

cienkopis (Polish) comes from Polish pisać, from Serbo-Croatian pisač, from Serbo-Croatian písati, from French pisser, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

cienkopis (Polish): fineliner

Definitions

  1. fineliner

Ancestry of “cienkopis”, step by step

cienkopis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish pisać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpisaćto write; to write, to take; to say
2Serbo-Croatianpisačprinter; burner
3Serbo-Croatianpísatito write
4Frenchpisserto piss; to pour with
5Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
6Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
7LatinpissioI piss

via Polish cienki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishcienkithin; inept; mediocre; weak; lame
2Proto-Slavictьnъkъthin
3Proto-Indo-Europeanténh₂usthin
4Proto-Indo-Europeantenh₂-to stretch, to extend
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Latin pissio →