Where does “blefirati” come from?

blefirati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian blȅf, from English bluff, from Dutch bluffen, from Middle Dutch bluffen — to make something swell; to bluff.

blefirati (Serbo-Croatian): to bluff

Definitions

  1. to bluff

Ancestry of “blefirati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianblȅfbluff
2EnglishbluffAn act of bluffing; a false expression of the...
3Dutchbluffento bluff
4Middle Dutchbluffento make something swell; to bluff
Every word from Middle Dutch bluffen →Every word from Dutch bluffen →Every word from English bluff →