Where does “píp” come from?

píp (Vietnamese) comes from French pipe, from English pipe, from Middle English pīpe, from Middle English pipen, from Old English pīpian, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan, from Proto-Germanic pīpaną, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

píp (Vietnamese): tobacco pipe, smoking pipe, pipe

Definitions

  1. tobacco pipe, smoking pipe, pipe

Ancestry of “píp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpipetobacco pipe; blowjob; the pipe symbol
2EnglishpipeMeanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings...
3Middle EnglishpīpeA pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids)
4Middle EnglishpipenTo use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to...
5Old Englishpīpianto pipe
6Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
7Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
8LatinpipoI pip, peep
Every word from Latin pipo