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Where does “pismo” come from?

pismo (Serbo-Croatian) comes 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...

pismo (Serbo-Croatian): alphabet; letter, epistle; script, font

Definitions

  1. alphabet; letter, epistle; script, font

Ancestry of “pismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpisьmoletter
2Proto-Slavicpьsatito draw, depict; to write
3Proto-Balto-Slavicpeiś-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “pismo”

  • litopisac
  • ljetopisac
  • letopisac
  • litopis
  • letopis
  • ljetopis
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