gʷäfla/gʷäfəya - stuffed skin of a dead calf used during milking to make the cow believe that the calf is alive
(EDG 266)
Areal reconstruction
*gʷafl-/*gVfn- - stuffed skin given in place of her young one to a bereaved mother-animal
(EDG 266, DRS 170, Kogan 2015: 554)
MSA + Southern EthS. The ultimate origin of this peculiar areal isogloss is obscure.
Any connection with Arb. ǯafn- ‘scabbard, sheath’? (Kogan 2015: 554)