Where does “пописать” come from?

пописать (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.

пописать (Russian): to write (for some time, for a while), to do some writing

Definitions

  1. to write (for some time, for a while), to do some writing

Ancestry of “пописать”, 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
Every word from Latin pissioEvery word from Vulgar Latin pissiareEvery word from Old French pissier