Where does “писака” come from?

писака (Russian) comes 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, from Latin pissio — I piss.

писака (Russian): scribbler

Definitions

  1. scribbler

Ancestry of “писака”, step by step

писака traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian писа́ть

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

via Ukrainian писа́ти

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianписа́тиto write
2Old East Slavicпьсати—
3Proto-Slavicpьsatito draw, depict; to write
4Proto-Balto-Slavicpeiś-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →