Where does “graspieper” come from?
graspieper (Dutch) comes from Dutch pieper, from Dutch piepen, from Middle Dutch pipen, from Old Dutch pīpan, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan, from Proto-Germanic pīpaną, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.
graspieper (Dutch): the meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis
Definitions
- the meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis
Ancestry of “graspieper”, step by step
graspieper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch pieper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pieper | pipit; a small potato; beeper, buzzer |
| 2 | Dutch | piepen | to squeak, squeal |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | pipen | to chirp, to peep; to squeak; to yelp |
| 4 | Old Dutch | pīpan | to chirp, to peep (of birds) |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 7 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |