An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Pfeife

by Friedrich Kluge

Pfeife, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German pfîfe, Old High German pfîfa, feminine, ‘pipe’; borrowed prior to the Old High German period from Middle Latin pîpa (allied to Latin pîpare, ‘to pip, chirp’); hence also Dutch pijp, Anglo-Saxon pîpe, feminine, English pipe, Old Icelandic pípa; so too the Romance cognates, Italian piva, French pipe. —