Where does “писа́ти” come from?

писа́ти (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...

писа́ти (Ukrainian): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “писа́ти”, 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 “писа́ти”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pьsati →