Where does “piepen” come from?

piepen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch pipen, from Old Dutch pīpan, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan, from Proto-Germanic pīpaną, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

piepen (Dutch): to squeak, squeal

Definitions

  1. to squeak, squeal

Ancestry of “piepen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchpipento chirp, to peep; to squeak; to yelp
2Old Dutchpīpanto chirp, to peep (of birds)
3Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
4Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
5LatinpipoI pip, peep

Words derived from “piepen”

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