Where does “piepegal” come from?

piepegal (German) comes from German egal, from French égal, from Old French egal, from Latin aequālis, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

piepegal (German): all the same, not mattering

Definitions

  1. all the same, not mattering

Ancestry of “piepegal”, step by step

piepegal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German egal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanegalall the same, unimportant; the same, matching,...
2Frenchégalequal; indifferent, of no importance to
3Old Frenchegal
4Latinaequālisequal, like
5Latinæquusequal
6Latinvocāre
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Saterland Frisian Piepe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Saterland FrisianPiepepipe
2Old Frisianpīpe
3Proto-West Germanic*pīpāflute
4Vulgar Latinpipapipe
5LatinpipoI pip, peep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāreEvery word from Latin æquus