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
Ancestry of “писака”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | писа́ть | to write |
| 2 | German | pissen | to piss; to piss down |
| 3 | Middle Low German | pissen | — |
| 4 | Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 6 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 8 | Latin | pissio | I piss |