Where does “pissa någon i ansiktet” come from?
pissa någon i ansiktet (Swedish) comes from Swedish i, from Swedish hop, from Old Norse hópr, from Middle Low German hōp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.
pissa någon i ansiktet (Swedish): to spit in someone's face
Definitions
- to spit in someone's face
Ancestry of “pissa någon i ansiktet”, step by step
pissa någon i ansiktet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | i | used to signify that an action is done with... |
| 2 | Swedish | hop | heap, collection; a whole bunch |
| 3 | Old Norse | hópr | heap; group |
| 4 | Middle Low German | hōp | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | hōp | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haup | heap, pile |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haupaz | a heap, pile; a crowd, throng |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | koupos | hill |
via Swedish pissa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pissa | to pee |
| 2 | Middle Low German | pissen | — |
| 3 | Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | pissen | to piss |
| 5 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 7 | Latin | pissio | I piss |
via Swedish någon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | någon | any |