Where does “letopis” come from?

letopis (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pismo, 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...

letopis (Serbo-Croatian): annal; chronicle; yearbook

Definitions

  1. annal; chronicle; yearbook

Ancestry of “letopis”, step by step

letopis traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian pismo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpismoalphabet; letter, epistle; script, font
2Proto-Slavicpisьmoletter
3Proto-Slavicpьsatito draw, depict; to write
4Proto-Balto-Slavicpeiś-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

via Czech let

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechletflight; genitive plural of léto
2Proto-Slavic*letъflight
3Proto-Balto-Slaviclekt-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

via Serbo-Croatian leto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianletosummer, summertime; year
2Proto-Slaviclětosummer; year
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁tóm—

Words derived from “letopis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pьsati →