Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dusāną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe”).

Verb

*dusāną[1]

  1. to be stunned, swoon
  2. to be dizzy
  3. to slumber

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dusō ? — ? ?
2nd singular *dusaisi ? *dusai *dusāsai ?
3rd singular *dusaiþi ? *dusāþau *dusāþai ?
1st dual *dusōs ? — — —
2nd dual *dusāþiz ? *dusāþiz — —
1st plural *dusāmaz ? — *dusānþai ?
2nd plural *dusaiþ ? *dusaiþ *dusānþai ?
3rd plural *dusānþi ? *dusānþau *dusānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dusadǭ *dusadēdį̄
2nd singular *dusadēz *dusadēdīz
3rd singular *dusadē *dusadēdī
1st dual *dusadēdū *dusadēdīw
2nd dual *dusadēdudiz *dusadēdīdiz
1st plural *dusadēdum *dusadēdīm
2nd plural *dusadēdud *dusadēdīd
3rd plural *dusadēdun *dusadēdīn
present past
participles *dusāndz *dusadaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dusēn
    • Old English: *dusian, *dosian (possibly from Old Norse dusa or dúsa)
      • Middle English: *dosen
    • Old Frisian: dusia
      • ⇒ Old Frisian: dusinge
    • Old Saxon: *dusian, *dosian
      • Middle Low German: dusen, dǖsen, dosen, deusen
        • Low German: dösen, dussen, dusken
        • ⇒ Middle Low German: bedǖsen
          • Low German: bedösen, bedussen
            • → German: bedösen
        • ⇒ Middle Low German: dǖsinge
    • Old High German:
      • Middle High German: tûzen, dôsen (the last a loan from Low German?)
        • ⇒ Middle High German: verdôsen
        • ⇒ German: bedützen
  • Old Norse: *dusa, dúsa

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dusēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111
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