Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pīpā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pīpō (“to pip, peep”).

Noun

*pīpā f

1. flute

   Synonym: *sweglu

2. pipe

   Synonyms: *duli, *þeutā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pīpā
Genitive	*pīpōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pīpā	*pīpōn
Accusative	*pīpōn	*pīpōn
Genitive	*pīpōn	*pīpōnō
Dative	*pīpōn	*pīpōm, *pīpum
Instrumental	*pīpōn	*pīpōm, *pīpum

Descendants

• Old English: pīpe
  • Middle English: pipe, pype
    • English: pipe (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: pipe
    • Yola: peeps (plural)
• Old Frisian: pīpe
  • Saterland Frisian: Piepe
  • West Frisian: piip
• Old Saxon: *pīpa
  • Middle Low German: pîpe
    • Low German: piep
  • → Old Norse: pípa
    • Icelandic: pípa
    • Faroese: pípa
    • Norwegian: pipe
    • Danish: pibe
    • Old Swedish: pipa
      • Swedish: pipa
        • → Finnish: piippu
          • → Ingrian: piippu
• Old Dutch: *pīpa
  • Middle Dutch: pipe
    • Dutch: pijp
      • Afrikaans: pyp
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: pipa
      • Negerhollands: pipa, pipe
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: pipa (dated)
      • → Aukan: pipa
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: pipá
      • → Caribbean Javanese: pèp
      • → Papiamentu: peip
      • → Saramaccan: pípa
      • → Sranan Tongo: peipi
        • → Lokono: paipa
        • → Kari'na: paipa
• Old High German: phīfa, pfīfa
  • Middle High German: pfīfe
    • Central Franconian: Pief, Peif (Moselle Franconian)
    • Cimbrian: faif (faifle)
    • German: Pfeife
      • → English: fife
    • Luxembourgish: Päif
    • Vilamovian: fajf
    • Yiddish: פֿײַף (fayf)