Where does “sordmut” come from?
sordmut (Catalan) comes from Catalan sord, from Old Catalan sord, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.
sordmut (Catalan): deaf-mute
Ancestry of “sordmut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | sord | deaf |
| 2 | Old Catalan | sord | — |
| 3 | Latin | surdus | deaf; inattentive, unresponsive; silent,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swēr- | heavy |