Where does “piibeleht” come from?

piibeleht (Estonian) comes from Finnish piip, from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā, from Vulgar Latin pipa, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

piibeleht (Estonian): lily of the valley

Definitions

  1. lily of the valley

Ancestry of “piibeleht”, step by step

piibeleht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiipbeep; meep
2Proto-West Germanic*pīpāflute
3Vulgar Latinpipapipe
4LatinpipoI pip, peep

via Estonian leht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlehtleaf; sheet of paper, metal, veneer etc; page
2Proto-Finniclehtileaf
3Proto-Finniclešte—
Every word from Latin pipo →