Where does “pfīfe” come from?

pfīfe (Middle High German) comes from Old High German pfīfa, from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā, from Vulgar Latin pipa, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

Ancestry of “pfīfe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanpfīfa
2Proto-West Germanic*pīpāflute
3Vulgar Latinpipapipe
4LatinpipoI pip, peep

Words derived from “pfīfe

Every word from Latin pipoEvery word from Vulgar Latin pipaEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā