Where does “клинопись” come from?

клинопись (Russian) comes 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, from Latin pissio — I piss.

клинопись (Russian): cuneiform ancient writing system

Definitions

  1. cuneiform ancient writing system

Ancestry of “клинопись”, step by step

клинопись traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian писа́ть

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

via Russian Клин

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianКлинwedge
2Proto-Slavicklinъwedge
Every word from Latin pissio
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