Where does “выписываться” come from?
выписываться (Russian) comes from Russian выпи́сывать, from Russian вы́писать, from Russian писа́ть, from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier — I piss.
выписываться (Russian): to document one's exit from (somewhere), to check out of
Definitions
- to document one's exit from (somewhere), to check out of
Ancestry of “выписываться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | выпи́сывать | to sign out |
| 2 | Russian | вы́писать | to sign out |
| 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 |