Where does “puff” come from?

puff (Hungarian) comes from German puffen, from Middle High German buffen.

puff (Hungarian): pouf, puff, pouffe; pouf; puff, powder puff

Definitions

  1. pouf, puff, pouffe; pouf; puff, powder puff

Ancestry of “puff”, step by step

puff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German puffen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpuffento puff; to nudge
2Middle High Germanbuffen—

via Hungarian puffad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpuffadto swell

Words derived from “puff”

Every word from Middle High German buffen →Every word from German puffen →