Where does “פּישעכץ” come from?
פּישעכץ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פּישן, 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.
פּישעכץ (Yiddish): piss, pee
Definitions
- piss, pee
Ancestry of “פּישעכץ”, step by step
פּישעכץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פּישן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פּישן | to urinate |
| 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 Yiddish עכץ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | עכץ | — |