Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daub

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daubaz.

Adjective

*daub

stunned
deaf

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*daub
Genitive	*daubas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*daub	*daubu	*daub
Accusative	*daubanā	*daubā	*daub
Genitive	*daubas	*daubeʀā	*daubas
Dative	*daubumē	*daubeʀē	*daubumē
Instrumental	*daubu	*daubeʀu	*daubu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*daubē	*daubō	*daubu
Accusative	*daubā	*daubā	*daubu
Genitive	*daubeʀō	*daubeʀō	*daubeʀō
Dative	daubēm, daubum	daubēm, daubum	daubēm, daubum
Instrumental	daubēm, daubum	daubēm, daubum	daubēm, daubum

Descendants

Old English: dēaf
- Middle English: deef, def
  - English: deaf
  - Scots: deef, deif, deaf
Old Frisian: dāf
- Saterland Frisian: doof
Old Saxon: dōf
- Middle Low German: dōf
  - Low German: doof
    - → West Frisian: dôf
    - → German: doof
  - Plautdietsch: doof
Old Dutch: *dōf
- Middle Dutch: dôof
  - Dutch: doof
    - Afrikaans: doof
    - → Sranan Tongo: dofu
  - Limburgish: douf
Old High German: toub, toup
- Middle High German: toup
  - German: taub
  - Hunsrik: daab
  - Luxembourgish: daf
- Yiddish: טויב‎ (toyb)