Where does “pepi” come from?
pepi (Esperanto) comes from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
pepi (Esperanto): to peep, cheep, chirp, twitter; to say in a...
Definitions
- to peep, cheep, chirp, twitter; to say in a...
Ancestry of “pepi”, step by step
pepi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English baby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | baby | A very young human, particularly from birth to a... |
| 2 | Middle English | baby | A child or baby |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via French pépier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pépier | to chirp |