Where does “piipitys” come from?

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

piipitys (Finnish): beeping

Definitions

  1. beeping

Ancestry of “piipitys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpiipittääTo tweet
2Finnishpiipbeep; meep
3Proto-West Germanic*pīpāflute
4Vulgar Latinpipapipe
5LatinpipoI pip, peep
Every word from Latin pipo →