Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To deafen.
adj
Unable (or partially able) to hear. · Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive. · Of or relating to the community of deaf people. · Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA deaf person.
From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub (“deaf”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf or stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf. Cognate with Dutch doof, German taub, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål døv, Norwegian Nynorsk dauv, Swedish döv, Faroese deyvur, Icelandic daufur.
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- Root classification mention*dʰewbʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiondefenm
- Inherited-form mentiondēafang
- Inherited-form mention*daubgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*daubazgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*dʰewbʰ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionτυφλόςgrc
- Doublet mentiondaffen
- Doublet mentiondofen
- Doublet mentiondowfen
- Cognate mentiondoofnl
- Cognate mentiontaubde
- Cognate mentiondauvnn
- Cognate mentiondövsv
- Cognate mentiondeyvurfo
- Cognate mentiondaufuris
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