Where does “Pfeifregister” come from?

Pfeifregister (German) comes from German Register, from Medieval Latin registrum, from Latin regesta, from Latin regerere, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

Pfeifregister (German): whistle register

Definitions

  1. whistle register

Ancestry of “Pfeifregister”, step by step

Pfeifregister traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Register

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRegisterregister
2Medieval LatinregistrumA register; a book in which things are recorded
3Latinregestanominative feminine singular of regestus;...
4Latinregereresecond-person singular imperfect passive...
5Latinrĕ-back, backwards
6Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
7Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
8Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German pfeifen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpfeifento whistle; to act as referee; to be uninterested...
2Middle High Germanpfīfen
3Old High Germanphīfōn
4LatinpipoI pip, peep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós