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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dumbaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰm̥bʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure; to confuse, stupefy).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdum.bɑz/

Adjective

*dumbaz

  1. dumb, mute, unable to speak

Inflection


Derived terms

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dumb
    • Old English: dumb
      • Middle English: dumb
    • Old Frisian: dumb
    • Old Saxon: dumb
      • Middle Low German: dum
    • Old Dutch: dumb
      • Middle Dutch: dom, dumb, domb, dum
        • Dutch: dom
          • Afrikaans: dom
          • Berbice Creole Dutch: dum
          • Negerhollands: dom, dum
          • Sranan Tongo: don (see there for further descendants)
        • Limburgish: dómb
    • Old High German: tumb
      • Middle High German: tump
        • German: dumm (Central German), tumb (Upper German, archaic)
        • Hunsrik: dumm
        • Luxembourgish: domm
  • Old Norse: dumbr
    • Icelandic: dumbur
    • Faroese: dumbur
    • Norn: dumn (deaf, stupid)
    • Norwegian: dum
    • Old Swedish: dumber
    • Danish: dum
    • Gutnish: dummar, dumbårr, dumbårr, dumbur
  • Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs)

References

  1. Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2023) Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²
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