Where does “описываться” come from?
описываться (Russian) comes from Russian опи́сывать, 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 — I piss.
описываться (Russian): to make a slip; passive of опи́сывать; to wet...
Definitions
- to make a slip; passive of опи́сывать; to wet...
Ancestry of “описываться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | опи́сывать | to describe, to depict, to portray to represent in words |
| 2 | Russian | описа́ть | to describe, to depict, to portray to represent in words |
| 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 |