deef
Middle English
/dɛːf/
adjective
Definitions
- deaf (unable to hear)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English dēaf (deaf) inherited from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (deaf, stunned).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*daubaz
Gloss
deaf, stunned
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deaf English
- deafblind English
- deafen English
- deafie English
- deafish English
- deafly English
- deafness English
- deafo English
- nondeaf English
- semideaf English
- undeaf English
- *dʰewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰūbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *daubaz Proto-Germanic
- deaf Old English
- dēaf Old English
- daufr Old Norse
- toub Old High German
- daf Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 Gothic
- *daub gmw-pro
- *dōf Old Dutch
- dōf Old Dutch
- deif Scots
- dāf Old Frisian