Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “bluffa” come from?

bluffa (Swedish) comes from English bluff, from Dutch bluffen, from Middle Dutch bluffen — to make something swell; to bluff.

bluffa (Swedish): to bluff

Definitions

  1. to bluff

Ancestry of “bluffa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbluffAn act of bluffing; a false expression of the...
2Dutchbluffento bluff
3Middle Dutchbluffento make something swell; to bluff

Words derived from “bluffa”

  • bluffare
Every word from Middle Dutch bluffen →