- pīp(p)-
- pīp(p)-English meaning: to squeakDeutsche Übersetzung: “piepen”Note: also unredupl. pī̆ - with variant derivatives. onomatopoeic wordMaterial: O.Ind. píppakü “ein certain bird”, pippīka- “ein bird”? Gk. πῖπος f. or πίππος m. “young bird”, πῑπώ, πίπρα f. “a kind of Baumhacker”, πιπ(π)ίζω “piepe”; Lat. pīpilō, -üre, pīpiō, -īre, pīpō, -üre “piepen”, pip(p)itüre “of Naturlaut the Mäuse”, pīpulum “das Wimmern”, Osc. pipatio “clamor plorantis”, Ger. (nd.) piepen (with verhinderter consonant shift); Lith. pỹpti “whistle” (Lw.?); Cz. piptěti “piepsen”, Sloven. pípa “ chicken; duct, tube, pipe”, Serb. piра , eine disease, malady the Hũhner” (Ger. Pips) etc.; Cz. pikati “piepen”, under likewise; Bulg. pile, Ser.-Cr. pïle “Kũchlein” under likewise; similarly Alb. bibë “young Wasservogel”, Arm. bibem “pigolare”, Gk. πίφιγξ, πιφαλλίς “ein bird”.References: WP. II 70, WH. II 309; Vasmer 2, 363 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.