Domm

domm Luxembourgish Etymology If inherited from Middle High German, the form requires a shortening gmh ū > u and additionally either a gemination (gmh *dumme) or, less likely, an early shift to the strong declension (gmh *dum). Another possibility would be that the shortening happened later, when the diphthongisation of gmh ū had already begun (as [uː] > [ou̯] > [o]). Otherwise see the main lemma. Pronunciation lb [dom] lb om 1 lb domm Noun m Dëmmchen lb especially northern Luxembourg lb Daum thumb