Where does “записочка” come from?
записочка (Russian) comes from Russian запи́ска, 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.
Ancestry of “записочка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | запи́ска | note, memo (memorandum) |
| 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 |