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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/paff

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
paff
Friedrich Kluge2510343An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — paff1891John Francis Davis

paff, interj., ‘puff! bang!’ ModHG. only, agreeing with LG. and Du. paf, ‘puff!’; scarcely allied to late MidHG. baffen, ‘to bark’; it is rather a recent onomatopoetic form.