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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/
puff-
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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Verb
1.2.1
Derived terms
Proto-West Germanic
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Etymology
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Imitative.
Verb
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*puff-
to
blow
,
puff
Derived terms
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*puffijan
Old English:
pyffan
,
piffan
Middle English:
puffen
,
poffen
English:
puff
Scots:
puff
*puffōn
Old Saxon:
*puffōn
Middle Low German:
puffen
German Low German:
puffen
→
?
Hunsrik:
puffe
→
?
German:
puffen
(
merged with Middle High German
buffen
)
→
Danish:
puffe
→
Swedish:
puffa
→
Norwegian Nynorsk:
puffa
Old Dutch:
*puffon
Middle Dutch:
puffen
Dutch:
puffen
→
West Frisian:
poffe
(
merged with Dutch
poffen
)
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