Where does “pieper” come from?

pieper (Dutch) comes 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.

pieper (Dutch): pipit; a small potato; beeper, buzzer

Definitions

  1. pipit; a small potato; beeper, buzzer

Ancestry of “pieper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpiepento squeak, squeal
2Middle Dutchpipento chirp, to peep; to squeak; to yelp
3Old Dutchpīpanto chirp, to peep (of birds)
4Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
5Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
6LatinpipoI pip, peep

Words derived from “pieper”

Every word from Latin pipo →
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