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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

  1. to make a slip; passive of опи́сывать; to wet...

Ancestry of “описываться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianопи́сывать—
2Russianописа́ть—
3Russianписа́тьto write
4Germanpissento piss; to piss down
5Middle Low Germanpissen—
6Dutchpissento piss
7Middle Dutchpissento piss
8Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
9Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
10LatinpissioI piss
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