Where does “písati” come from?
písati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French pisser, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.
písati (Serbo-Croatian): to write
Ancestry of “písati”, step by step
písati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pisser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | pisser | to piss; to pour with |
| 2 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 4 | Latin | pissio | I piss |
via Proto-Slavic pьsati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | pьsati | to draw, depict; to write |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | peiś- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |
Words derived from “písati”