Where does “toub” come from?

toub (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic daub, from Proto-Germanic daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

toub (Old High German): deaf

Definitions

  1. deaf

Ancestry of “toub”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdaubstunned; deaf
2Proto-Germanicdaubazstunned; deaf
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “toub”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic daubaz →