Where does “жизнеописание” come from?
жизнеописание (Russian) comes from Russian описа́ние, from Russian описа́ть, from Russian писа́ть, from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier — I piss.
жизнеописание (Russian): biography, life
Definitions
- biography, life
Ancestry of “жизнеописание”, step by step
жизнеописание traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian описа́ние
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | описа́ние | description |
| 2 | Russian | описа́ть | to describe, to depict, to portray to represent in words |
| 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 |