Where does “pillipiipari” come from?

pillipiipari (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilli, from Proto-Finnic pilli — pipe, flute (instrument).

pillipiipari (Finnish): pied piper

Definitions

  1. pied piper

Ancestry of “pillipiipari”, step by step

pillipiipari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pilli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilliwhistle; pipe; drinking straw, straw
2Proto-Finnicpillipipe, flute (instrument)

via Finnish piipari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiipariwind instrument player, piper
2Swedishpiparea plover, any species in the genera Pluvialis or Charadrius
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