Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dusēn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dusāną.

Verb

*dusēn

to swoon, faint
to be dizzy
to slumber

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*dusēn
1st sg. past	*dus?dā
Infinitive	*dusēn
Genitive infin.	*dusēnijas
Dative infin.	*dusēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*dusēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*dusē	*dus?dā
2nd singular	*dusēs	dus?dēs, dus?dēs
3rd singular	*dusēþ	dus?dē, dus?dā
1st plural	*dusēm	*dus?dum
2nd plural	*dusēþ	*dus?dud
3rd plural	*dusēnþ	*dus?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*dusē	*dus?dī
2nd singular	*dusēs	*dus?dī
3rd singular	*dusē	*dus?dī
1st plural	*dusēm	*dus?dīm
2nd plural	*dusēþ	*dus?dīd
3rd plural	*dusēn	*dus?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*dusē
Plural	*dusēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*dusēndī	*dus?d

Derived terms

*dusīg

Descendants

Old English: *dusian, *dosian (possibly from Old Norse dusa or dúsa)
- Middle English: *dosen
  - English: doze, dose
Old Frisian: dusia
- ⇒ Old Frisian: dusinge
Old Saxon: *dusian, *dosian
- Middle Low German: dusen, dǖsen, dosen, deusen
  - Low German: dösen, dussen, dusken
    - → German: dösen
  - ⇒ 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