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
- to issue (law, regulation), regulate, order
Ancestry of “прописати”, step by step
прописати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian писа́ти
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | писа́ти | to write |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | пьсати | — |
| 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... |
via Serbo-Croatian пи́сати
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | пи́сати | to write to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate |