Sääf

Saterland Frisian

noun

Definitions

chaff

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian *zaf inherited from *kaf inherited from Proto-Germanic *kafą.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*kafą

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

chaff English
chaffinch English
chaffless English
chafflike English
chaffweed English
chaffy English
*kafą Proto-Germanic
ceaf Old English
ċeaf Old English
chaf Middle English
*kaf gmw-pro
*kaf Old Dutch
tsjêf Western Frisian
*zaf Old Frisian