Duaf

Bavarian

Alternative forms
  • Dorf (Southern, Tyrol)

Etymology

From Middle High German dorf, from Old High German dorf, thorph, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“room, dwelling, settlement”). Cognates include German Dorf, Yiddish ⁧דאָרף⁩ (dorf), Dutch dorp, Old Norse þorp, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀 (þaurp). Also Latin trabs (“beam, rafter, roof, vessel”), Welsh tref (“town, home”), Albanian trevë (“country, region, village”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd̥uɐf/

Noun

Duaf n (plural Deafer, diminutive Deafl or Deaferl) (Central Bavarian, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
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