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Where does “*pīpā” come from?

*pīpā (Proto-Germanic) comes from Vulgar Latin pipa, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

Ancestry of “*pīpā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpipapipe
2LatinpipoI pip, peep
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