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Where does “писме” come from?

писме (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old Church Slavonic писмѧ, from Proto-Slavic pisьmo, from Proto-Slavic pьsati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś-, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

писме (Serbo-Croatian): letter , grapheme

Definitions

  1. letter , grapheme

Ancestry of “писме”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicписмѧletter; writing
2Proto-Slavicpisьmoletter
3Proto-Slavicpьsatito draw, depict; to write
4Proto-Balto-Slavicpeiś-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
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