Where does “švrakopis” come from?

švrakopis (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian písati, from French pisser, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

švrakopis (Serbo-Croatian): crabbed handwritting, cacography, chicken scratch

Definitions

  1. crabbed handwritting, cacography, chicken scratch

Ancestry of “švrakopis”, step by step

švrakopis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian písati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpísatito write
2Frenchpisserto piss; to pour with
3Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
4Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
5LatinpissioI piss

via Serbo-Croatian svrȁka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansvrȁkamagpie
2Proto-SlavicsvorkaAlternative form of *sòrka
Every word from Latin pissio →