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Where does “писати” come from?

писати (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic пьсати, from Proto-Slavic pьsati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś-, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

писати (Ukrainian): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “писати”, step by step

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

Words derived from “писати”

  • pysanka
  • пи́санка
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