Where does “видеозапись” come from?
видеозапись (Russian) comes from Russian за́пись, from Russian записать, from Russian писа́ть, from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier — I piss.
видеозапись (Russian): video recording
Ancestry of “видеозапись”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | за́пись | — |
| 2 | Russian | записать | to write down, to enter; to record; to enroll, to... |
| 3 | Russian | писа́ть | to write |
| 4 | German | pissen | to piss; to piss down |
| 5 | Middle Low German | pissen | — |
| 6 | Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 8 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 10 | Latin | pissio | I piss |