Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/puf(f)-

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Imitative.

Verb

*puf(f)-

to blow, puff

Derived terms

*puffattjan
- Old English: *puffettan
  - Middle English: *puften, poften (“to pant, puff”)
    - English: puft
    - Scots: puft
*puffjan
- 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
    - ⇒ Saterland Frisian: ferpufje
- Old Dutch: *puffon
  - Middle Dutch: puffen
    - Dutch: puffen
      - → West Frisian: poffe (merged with Dutch poffen)