Where does “pipa” come from?

pipa (Polish) comes from Italian pipa, from French pipe, from English pipe, from Middle English pīpe, from Middle English pipen, from Old English pīpian, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan, from Proto-Germanic pīpaną — I pip, peep.

pipa (Polish): pipette

Definitions

  1. pipette

Ancestry of “pipa”, step by step

pipa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian pipa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpipapipe; third-person singular present indicative of...
2Frenchpipetobacco pipe; blowjob; the pipe symbol
3EnglishpipeMeanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings...
4Middle EnglishpīpeA pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids)
5Middle EnglishpipenTo use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to...
6Old Englishpīpianto pipe
7Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
8Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
9LatinpipoI pip, peep

via Mandarin 琵琶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mandarin琵琶

Words derived from “pipa

Every word from Latin pipo