Where does “ipikipiki” come from?

ipikipiki (Rwanda-Rundi) comes from Swahili pikipiki, from English pig, from Middle English pigge, from Old English picga, from Proto-West Germanic piggō — pig.

ipikipiki (Rwanda-Rundi): motorcycle

Definitions

  1. motorcycle

Ancestry of “ipikipiki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilipikipikimotorcycle
2EnglishpigAny of several intelligent mammalian species of...
3Middle EnglishpiggeA piglet or young pig; A pig irrespective of age;...
4Old Englishpicgaa young pig; piglet
5Proto-West Germanicpiggōpig
Every word from Proto-West Germanic piggō →Every word from Old English picga →Every word from Middle English pigge →