Where does “bipăi” come from?

bipăi (Romanian) comes from Romanian bip, from English beep, from English big, from Middle English big, from Proto-Germanic bugja-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

bipăi (Romanian): to beep

Definitions

  1. to beep

Ancestry of “bipăi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbipbeep
2EnglishbeepThe sound produced by the horn of a car, or any...
3EnglishbigOf great size, large; Thought to have undue...
4Middle Englishbig—
5Proto-Germanicbugja-swollen up, thick
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bugja- →Every word from Middle English big →