Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To puff.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA puff.
From Middle English poften (“to puff, pant”), from Old English *puffettan, from Proto-West Germanic *puffattjan (“to puff repeatedly, pant”), equivalent to puff + -t.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionpoftenenm · to puff, pant
- Inherited-form mention*puffettanang
- Inherited-form mention*puffattjangmw-pro · to puff repeatedly, pant
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