Where does “paff” come from?

paff (Swedish) comes from German Pappe, from Middle High German pappe, from Latin pappa, from Latin pappo — I eat, eat pap.

paff (Swedish): stunned, speechless

Definitions

  1. stunned, speechless

Ancestry of “paff”, step by step

paff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pappe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPappepaperboard, cardboard; a piece of paper laced...
2Middle High Germanpappepap, mash; pap, flour mash; porridge, mush
3Latinpappasecond-person singular present active imperative...
4LatinpappoI eat, eat pap

via German paff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpaffbang, boom

Words derived from “paff”

Every word from Latin pappo →Every word from Latin pappa →Every word from Middle High German pappe →