Where does “oeverpieper” come from?
oeverpieper (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.
oeverpieper (Dutch): rock pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Definitions
- rock pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ancestry of “oeverpieper”, step by step
oeverpieper 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 |
via Dutch oever
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | oever | bank (as in riverbank), shore (e.g. of a lake) |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | oever | bank, shore, waterside |
| 3 | Old Dutch | uovar | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ōferaz | edge; shore |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eh₁/h₂peros | — |