Where does “piepen” come from?

piepen (German) comes from Middle Low German pīpen, from Old Saxon pīpan, from Proto-Germanic *pīpan, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

piepen (German): to cheep (of a bird); to squeak (of a mouse)

Definitions

  1. to cheep (of a bird); to squeak (of a mouse)

Ancestry of “piepen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanpīpen—
2Old Saxonpīpan—
3Proto-Germanic*pīpan—
4LatinpipoI pip, peep

Words derived from “piepen”

Every word from Latin pipo →Every word from Proto-Germanic *pīpan →Every word from Old Saxon pīpan →