Where does “блефирати” come from?
блефирати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian бле̏ф, from English bluff, from Dutch bluffen, from Middle Dutch bluffen — to make something swell; to bluff.
блефирати (Serbo-Croatian): to bluff
Ancestry of “блефирати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | бле̏ф | — |
| 2 | English | bluff | An act of bluffing; a false expression of the... |
| 3 | Dutch | bluffen | to bluff |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bluffen | to make something swell; to bluff |