Where does “dullen” come from?
dullen (Middle English) comes from Middle English dul, from Old English dol, from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic dulaz, from Proto-Germanic dwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.
dullen (Middle English): to make dull
Ancestry of “dullen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dul | — |
| 2 | Old English | dol | foolish |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *dol | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dulaz | confused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dwalaz | confused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwel- | — |
Words derived from “dullen”