Where does “pipit” come from?

pipit (Indonesian) comes from Malay pipit, from Proto-Malayic *pipit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitpit.

pipit (Indonesian): various species of small birds, such as finch, sparrow, munia, etc

Definitions

  1. various species of small birds, such as finch, sparrow, munia, etc

Ancestry of “pipit”, step by step

pipit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay pipit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypipitany small birds especially Munia spp. - sparrow; finch
2Proto-Malayic*pipit—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pitpit—

via Javanese pipit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesepipit—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitpit →Every word from Proto-Malayic *pipit →Every word from Malay pipit →