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
Ancestry of “писме”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | писмѧ | letter; writing |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | pisьmo | letter |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | pьsati | to draw, depict; to write |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | peiś- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |