Where does “pisywać” come from?

pisywać (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.

Ancestry of “pisywać”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pisywać”

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