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English word dumb comes from Proto-Indo-European *dheubh-

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*dheubh- (Proto-Indo-European)

*dumbōną (Proto-Germanic)

dumbian (Old English)

dumbien (Middle English)

dumb (English)

(dated) To silence.. (transitive) To make stupid.. (transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.. (transitive) To represent as stupid.

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