Where does “писа́ть” come from?
писа́ть (Russian) comes from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.
писа́ть (Russian): to write
Ancestry of “писа́ть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | pissen | to piss; to piss down |
| 2 | Middle Low German | pissen | — |
| 3 | Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 5 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 7 | Latin | pissio | I piss |
Words derived from “писа́ть”