Where does “chaffer” come from?

chaffer (English) comes from English chaff, from Middle English chaf, from Old English ċeaf, from Proto-West Germanic kaf — chaff.

chaffer (English): To haggle or barter; To buy; To talk much and...

Definitions

  1. To haggle or barter; To buy; To talk much and...

Ancestry of “chaffer”, step by step

chaffer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chaff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchaffThe inedible parts of a grain-producing plant;...
2Middle EnglishchafChaff; the parts of harvested grain not usable as...
3Old Englishċeafchaff
4Proto-West Germanickafchaff

via Middle English chaffare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishchaffareCommercial or mercantile activity; trading

Words derived from “chaffer”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic kaf →Every word from Old English ċeaf →Every word from Middle English chaf →