An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/baf! baff! paff!

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2505885An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — baf! baff! paff!1891John Francis Davis

​ baf! baff! paff! onomatopoetic term for the report of a gun; first occurs in ModHG. Allied to ModHG. bäffen, ‘to bark,’ from MidHG. baffen, beffen; comp. MidE. baffen, E. to beff; of recent onomat. origin.

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