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