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Where does “kaf” come from?
kaf (Middle High German) comes from Old High German kaf, from Proto-West Germanic kaf — chaff.
Ancestry of “kaf”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old High German
kaf
—
2
Proto-West Germanic
kaf
chaff
Words derived from “kaf”
Kuef
Kaff
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