An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/pfeifen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
pfeifen
Friedrich Kluge2510418An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — pfeifen1891John Francis Davis

pfeifen, ‘to pipe,’ from MidHG. pfîfen, from Lat. pipare, from which we should have expected an OHG. wk. vb. *pfîfôn.