דום
'dumb, stupid'

ETYMOLOGY

{Germanism borrowed from NHG in the 19th c.}
Got. dumbs 'dumb, mute', ON dumbr, OE dumb, English dumb, OS dumb, Dutch dom, OHG tumb, MHG tumb, tump, ENHG dumm, tumm, NHG dumm; from PGmc ✱dumba- 'dumb (original meaning: hazy)' (or 'mute') (DRV), derived from ✱dimban- ~ ✱dimpan- 'to fog' (MHG dimpfen 'to smoke, steam'); from PIE ✱dʰémbʰ-e-; maybe related to ✱nebala (see נעפּל).
Assimilation of -mb (MHG tumb) to -mm began in 13th c. Central German, spread though Upper German by the 15th c.

WESTERN

Holland (Netherlands)

• dom {HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche}
• Er is sou dom nit, wie im s'n keppelschen schteit. 'He's not as dumb as he looks. {Jerosche №444}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

düṃ {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 134}

CENTRAL

HASIDIC

AMERICA

dum
dɔm (English dumb)
der ˈdumər kop דער דומער קאָפּ