Where does “писарь” come from?

писарь (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.

писарь (Russian): clerk; scribe, scrivener

Definitions

  1. clerk; scribe, scrivener

Ancestry of “писарь”, step by step

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

Words derived from “писарь”

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