Where does “pikipiki” come from?

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

pikipiki (Swahili): motorcycle

Definitions

  1. motorcycle

Ancestry of “pikipiki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpigAny of several intelligent mammalian species of...
2Middle EnglishpiggeA piglet or young pig; A pig irrespective of age;...
3Old Englishpicgaa young pig; piglet
4Proto-West Germanicpiggōpig

Words derived from “pikipiki”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic piggō →Every word from Old English picga →Every word from Middle English pigge →