Where does “pipoi” come from?
pipoi (Romanian) comes from Romanian pipă, from Hungarian pipa, from Italian pipa, from French pipe, from English pipe, from Middle English pīpe, from Middle English pipen, from Old English pīpian — I pip, peep.
Ancestry of “pipoi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pipă | pipe |
| 2 | Hungarian | pipa | pipe; tick, checkmark; angry, furious |
| 3 | Italian | pipa | pipe; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | French | pipe | tobacco pipe; blowjob; the pipe symbol |
| 5 | English | pipe | Meanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings... |
| 6 | Middle English | pīpe | A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids) |
| 7 | Middle English | pipen | To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to... |
| 8 | Old English | pīpian | to pipe |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 11 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |