Where does “Päif” come from?

Päif (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German pīfa, from Vulgar Latin pipa, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

Päif (Luxembourgish): whistle; organ pipe; tobacco pipe

Definitions

  1. whistle; organ pipe; tobacco pipe

Ancestry of “Päif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanpīfa—
2Vulgar Latinpipapipe
3LatinpipoI pip, peep

Words derived from “Päif”

Every word from Latin pipo →Every word from Vulgar Latin pipa →Every word from Old High German pīfa →