Where does “надпись” come from?
надпись (Russian) comes from Russian надписа́ть, 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.
надпись (Russian): inscription, writing; dedication; address
Definitions
- inscription, writing; dedication; address
Ancestry of “надпись”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | надписа́ть | to caption, to write an inscription on |
| 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 |