Where does “прописати” come from?

прописати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ukrainian писа́ти, from Old East Slavic пьсати, from Proto-Slavic pьsati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś-, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

прописати (Serbo-Croatian): to issue (law, regulation), regulate, order

Definitions

  1. to issue (law, regulation), regulate, order

Ancestry of “прописати”, step by step

прописати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian писа́ти

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianписа́тиto write
2Old East Slavicпьсати
3Proto-Slavicpьsatito draw, depict; to write
4Proto-Balto-Slavicpeiś-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

via Serbo-Croatian пи́сати

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпи́сатиto write to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś-Every word from Proto-Slavic pьsati