dof

Senso (Inglese)

Frequenza

39k
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/dɔf/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Vowel shortening of doof (“deaf”), from Middle Dutch dôof, from Old Dutch *dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“stunned, deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”). Compare Swedish dov (“matt, muted”), English dowf.

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