Where does “опи́сывать” come from?
опи́сывать (Russian) comes from Russian описа́ть, 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.
опи́сывать (Russian): to describe, to depict, to portray to represent in words
Definitions
- to describe, to depict, to portray to represent in words
Ancestry of “опи́сывать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | описа́ть | to describe, to depict, to portray to represent in words |
| 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 |