Where does “записываться” come from?
записываться (Russian) comes from Russian запи́сывать, 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.
записываться (Russian): to register for
Definitions
- to register for
Ancestry of “записываться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | запи́сывать | to write down, to enter to set something down in writing |
| 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 |