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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; equivalent to *pīpan +‎ *-ā.

Noun

*pīpā f

  1. A pipe or flute; a wind instrument..[1]
  2. A pipe, duct, or channel; a chamber for fluid.
    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 (“hollow tube”)
      • English: pipe (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: pipe
      • Yola: peeps (plural)
  • Old Frisian: pīpe
  • Old Saxon: *pīpa
  • 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
          • → Arawak: paipa
          • → Galibi Carib: paipa
  • Old High German: phīfa, pfīfa, *pīfa (noun)

References
  1. Miller, D. Gary (13 June 2012), “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4.5, page 67: “WGmc. *pīpa”.
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