Where does “pīpen” come from?
pīpen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon pīpan, from Proto-Germanic *pīpan, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.
Ancestry of “pīpen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | pīpan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *pīpan | — |
| 3 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |