Where does “bluffmakare” come from?

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

bluffmakare (Swedish): fraud, con artist

Definitions

  1. fraud, con artist

Ancestry of “bluffmakare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbluffa bluff
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 →