Proto-West Germanic

*daub

‘stunned’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *daub.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *daub, most familiar first.

• dave ← deven ← dēafian ← dēaf
• deaf ← def
• deafness ← defnesse ← def ← dēaf
• doof ← dōf

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *daub