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English word deaf comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-, Proto-Indo-European *dʰūp-, Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-, and later Proto-Germanic *daubaz (Deaf. Stunned.)

*dʰew- (Proto-Indo-European)

to run, flow

*dʰūp- (Proto-Indo-European)

to smoke

*dʰewbʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

black

*dheubh- (Proto-Indo-European)

*daubaz (Proto-Germanic)

Deaf. Stunned.

dēaf (Old English)

deef (Middle English)

Deaf (unable to hear).

deaf (English)

(with "the") Those who are deaf, taken as a group.. A deaf person. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Decayed; tasteless; dead.. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.. Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.. Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless. (obsolete, transitive) To deafen.

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