pisher

== English == === Etymology === From Yiddish פּישער (pisher, “pisser”), from פּישן (pishn, “to urinate”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪʃɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪʃə/ === Noun === pisher (plural pishers) (derogatory) Somebody who is inept at a task or new to a job. (informal) A young child, usually male. === Anagrams === hipers, perish, reship, seriph == Umbrian == === Etymology === Disputed. Perhaps from *pis + *her. The former term derives from Proto-Italic *kʷis and also appears in other Umbrian compounds, such as 𐌔𐌅𐌄𐌐𐌉𐌔 (svepis). The latter term is, according to Poultney, a fossilized third-person singular verb form of the shape *her, from earlier *herit. De Vaan, however, derives the second element of the term from *her-V-s, itself connected to Proto-Italic *herjō, from *gʰr̥yéti, a verb belonging to the root *gʰer-. The original vowel in the pre-form *her-V-s may be reconstructed as *-i-, provided that the original verb was of the third conjugation iō-type. However, the philologist Alan Nussbaum suggests that the second component might preserve earlier *her-er, itself from the mediopassive third-person singular of an athematic root present *gʰérti ~ *gʰrénti, which he reconstructs to explain the oscillation in vocalism between the descendants of *gʰer-. According to Nussbaum, an early pre-form of the shape *pisherer syncopated into *pishrer, which then evolved into pisher with the dissimilatory loss of the first *r. Nussbaum further argues that the original form *her-er was otherwise renewed as 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌕𐌄𐌓 (herter), though pisher itself escaped this development as it was isolated on account of its status as a set phrase. === Pronoun === pisher (late Iguvine) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: (per Poultney, Buck, and De Vaan) whoever (per Nussbaum) who is appropriate === References ===