Where does “pisme” come from?

pisme (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old Church Slavonic писмѧ, 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...

pisme (Serbo-Croatian): letter letter of the alphabet, grapheme

Definitions

  1. letter letter of the alphabet, grapheme

Ancestry of “pisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicписмѧletter; writing
2Proto-Slavicpisьmoletter
3Proto-Slavicpьsatito draw, depict; to write
4Proto-Balto-Slavicpeiś-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pьsati →