Where does “pissnödig” come from?

pissnödig (Swedish) comes from Swedish pissa, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

pissnödig (Swedish): feeling the urge to piss; having/needing to (take a) piss, etc

Definitions

  1. feeling the urge to piss; having/needing to (take a) piss, etc

Ancestry of “pissnödig”, step by step

pissnödig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish pissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpissato pee
2Middle Low Germanpissen—
3Dutchpissento piss
4Middle Dutchpissento piss
5Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
6Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
7LatinpissioI piss

via Swedish nödig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishnödignecessary, required, needed
2Swedishnöda want, a need, a famine, a trouble
3Old Norsenauðdistress; need, necessity
4Proto-Norseᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉneed
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
Every word from Latin pissio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pissiare →Every word from Old French pissier →