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Where does “バグパイプ” come from?

バグパイプ (Japanese) comes from English bagpipe, from Middle English bagpipe, from Middle English pīpe, from Middle English pipen, from Old English pīpian, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan, from Proto-Germanic pīpaną, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

バグパイプ (Japanese): bagpipes

Definitions

  1. bagpipes

Ancestry of “バグパイプ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbagpipesingular of bagpipes; attributive form of...
2Middle Englishbagpipebagpipes
3Middle Englishpīpe—
4Middle EnglishpipenTo use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to...
5Old Englishpīpianto pipe
6Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
7Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
8LatinpipoI pip, peep
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