Where does “pīpan” come from?

pīpan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic pīpan, from Proto-Germanic pīpaną, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

pīpan (Old Dutch): to chirp, to peep (of birds)

Definitions

  1. to chirp, to peep (of birds)

Ancestry of “pīpan”, step by step

pīpan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic pīpan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
2Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
3LatinpipoI pip, peep

via Proto-Germanic *pīpan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*pīpan—

Words derived from “pīpan”

Every word from Latin pipo →Every word from Proto-Germanic pīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic pīpan →