Where does “piippopaksupää” come from?
piippopaksupää (Finnish) comes from Finnish piippo, from Finnish piippa, from Swedish pipa, from Old Norse pípa, from Old Saxon *pīpa, from Proto-Germanic pīpǭ, from Proto-Germanic pīpaną, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.
piippopaksupää (Finnish): large skipper
Definitions
- large skipper
Ancestry of “piippopaksupää”, step by step
piippopaksupää traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piippo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piippo | woodrush plant of the genus |
| 2 | Finnish | piippa | culm, shoot, tip |
| 3 | Swedish | pipa | a pipe, a smoking tool; the barrel of a gun; an... |
| 4 | Old Norse | pípa | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | *pīpa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pīpǭ | A pipe or flute; a wind instrument; A pipe, duct,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 8 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |