Where does “описаться” come from?
описаться (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.
описаться (Russian): to make a slip; passive of описа́ть; to wet...
Definitions
- to make a slip; passive of описа́ть; to wet...
Ancestry of “описаться”, 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 |