dofinn
Old Norse
adj
Definitions
- (of a limb) dead
- (in a metaphorical sense) drowsy
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (whisk, smoke, darken, obscure, black, deep, be obscured, plug, wedge, peg, be obscure, whirl, smoky, foggy, dim, mist, stupefaction, daze).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰewbʰ-
Gloss
whisk, smoke, darken, obscure, black, deep, be obscured, plug, wedge, peg, be obscure, whirl, smoky, foggy, dim, mist, stupefaction, daze
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abysmal English
- deafen English
- paratyphoid English
- paratyphoid fever English
- dumm German
- dom Dutch, Flemish
- τυφλός Ancient Greek
- ἄβυσσος Ancient Greek
- *bʰudʰn-, *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *dhubh- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewbʰ-nós Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰūbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- doven Norwegian Bokmål
- dovendyr Norwegian Bokmål
- *daubaz Proto-Germanic
- *daupijaną Proto-Germanic
- *daupīniz Proto-Germanic
- *deupaz Proto-Germanic
- *diupiþō Proto-Germanic
- *diupį̄ Proto-Germanic
- *dubjaną Proto-Germanic
- *duftaz Proto-Germanic
- *dumbaz Proto-Germanic
- *dūbǭ Proto-Germanic
- doven Norwegian Nynorsk
- dovendyr Norwegian Nynorsk
- deaf Old English
- dēaf Old English
- daufr Old Norse
- doven Danish
- *dubъkъ Proto-Slavic
- *dupľa Proto-Slavic
- dofinn Icelandic
- toub Old High German
- dovin Faroese
- daf Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 Gothic
- *daub gmw-pro
- *dōf Old Dutch
- dōf Old Dutch
- *dubus Proto-Celtic
- dumb Middle Low German
- duven Westrobothnian
- oduven Westrobothnian
- dāf Old Frisian
- *dubna Proto-Albanian