quaff

Betekenis (Engels)

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kwɒf/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Uncertain. Suggestions include connection with Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”) (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb.

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