chafur
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English ċeafor, from Proto-West Germanic *kefrō.
The presence of medial /f/ instead of expected /v/ in variant forms is unexpected.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchafur (plural cheaffers)
- (rare) A kind or variety of beetle.
Descendants
edit- English: chafer
References
edit- “chā̆fer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.
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