Where does “прописка” come from?
прописка (Russian) comes from Russian пропи́сывать, from Russian прописа́ть, from Russian писа́ть, from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier — I piss.
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