shtum

Silent; speechless; dumb.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃtʊm/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Yiddish שטום (shtum, “mute, dumb, voiceless”), from Middle High German stum, from Old High German stum, from Proto-West Germanic *stumm. Cognate with German stumm, Dutch stom, Swedish stum. Doublet of stum.

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