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Where does “дописывать” come from?

дописывать (Russian) comes from Russian дописа́ть, from Russian писа́ть, from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare — I piss.

дописывать (Russian): to finish; to write; to write in addition, to add

Definitions

  1. to finish; to write; to write in addition, to add

Ancestry of “дописывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдописа́ть—
2Russianписа́тьto write
3Germanpissento piss; to piss down
4Middle Low Germanpissen—
5Dutchpissento piss
6Middle Dutchpissento piss
7Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
8Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
9LatinpissioI piss
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