Where does “Kuef” come from?

Kuef (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German kaf, from Old High German kaf, from Proto-West Germanic kaf — chaff.

Kuef (Luxembourgish): chaff

Definitions

  1. chaff

Ancestry of “Kuef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankaf—
2Old High Germankaf—
3Proto-West Germanickafchaff
Every word from Proto-West Germanic kaf →Every word from Old High German kaf →Every word from Middle High German kaf →