An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/paff

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2630645An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — paffJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

paff, interjection, ‘puff! bang!’ Modern High German only, agreeing with Low German and Dutch paf, ‘puff!’; scarcely allied to late Middle High German baffen, ‘to bark’; it is rather a recent onomatopoetic form.