Where does “blefer” come from?
blefer (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian blȅf, from English bluff, from Dutch bluffen, from Middle Dutch bluffen — to make something swell; to bluff.
blefer (Serbo-Croatian): bluffer
Ancestry of “blefer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | blȅf | — |
| 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 |