Where does “chaf” come from?

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

chaf (Middle English): Chaff; the parts of harvested grain not usable as...

Definitions

  1. Chaff; the parts of harvested grain not usable as...

Ancestry of “chaf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċeafchaff
2Proto-West Germanickafchaff

Words derived from “chaf”

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