Where does “распи́сывать” come from?

распи́сывать (Russian) comes from Russian расписа́ть, 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 — I piss.

распи́сывать (Russian): to paint

Definitions

to paint

Ancestry of “распи́сывать”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	расписа́ть	to paint
2	Russian	писа́ть	to write
3	German	pissen	to piss; to piss down
4	Middle Low German	pissen	—
5	Dutch	pissen	to piss
6	Middle Dutch	pissen	to piss
7	Old French	pissier	to piss; to excrete urine
8	Vulgar Latin	pissiare	present active infinitive of *pīssiō
9	Latin	pissio	I piss

Words derived from “распи́сывать”

расписываться

Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →