Where does “פֿײַף” come from?

פֿײַף (Yiddish) comes from Old High German pfīfa, from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā, from Vulgar Latin pipa, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

Ancestry of “פֿײַף”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanpfīfa
2Proto-West Germanic*pīpāflute
3Vulgar Latinpipapipe
4LatinpipoI pip, peep

Words derived from “פֿײַף

Every word from Latin pipoEvery word from Vulgar Latin pipaEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā