tumb

English

Etymology

From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (“to tumble, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *tūmōnan (“to turn round”). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (“to turn round”), Icelandic tumba (“to tumble”). See tumble.

Verb

tumb (third-person singular simple present tumbs, present participle tumbing, simple past and past participle tumbed)

(intransitive, archaic) To tumble; jump; dance.

Related terms

tumble

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, whence also Old Saxon dumb, Old English dumb, Old Norse dumbr, Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs). Ultimately from from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeubʰ-.