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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 , regulate, order; to prescribe; to...

Definitions

  1. to issue , regulate, order; to prescribe; to...

Ancestry of “прописати”, step by step

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...
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