Where does “พัฟฟิน” come from?

พัฟฟิน (Thai) comes from English puffin, from Middle English poffin, from English puff, from Middle English puff, from Old English pyf — a blast of wind, puff.

พัฟฟิน (Thai): puffin

Definitions

  1. puffin

Ancestry of “พัฟฟิน”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpuffinThe young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food
2Middle Englishpoffin
3EnglishpuffA sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath...
4Middle Englishpuff
5Old Englishpyfa blast of wind, puff
Every word from Old English pyfEvery word from Middle English puffEvery word from English puff
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