Where does “pfīfa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pfīfa”, step by step

pfīfa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *pīpā

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

via Proto-Germanic *pīpā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*pīpā—

Words derived from “pfīfa”

Every word from Latin pipo →Every word from Vulgar Latin pipa →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā →