Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dusīg

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

Alternative forms

*dusag

Etymology

From *dusēn +‎ *-g.

Adjective

*dusīg

dazed, stunned
dizzy; giddy

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*dusīg
Genitive	*dusīgas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*dusīg	*dusīgu	*dusīg
Accusative	*dusīganā	*dusīgā	*dusīg
Genitive	*dusīgas	*dusīgeʀā	*dusīgas
Dative	*dusīgumē	*dusīgeʀē	*dusīgumē
Instrumental	*dusīgu	*dusīgeʀu	*dusīgu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*dusīgē	*dusīgō	*dusīgu
Accusative	*dusīgā	*dusīgā	*dusīgu
Genitive	*dusīgeʀō	*dusīgeʀō	*dusīgeʀō
Dative	dusīgēm, dusīgum	dusīgēm, dusīgum	dusīgēm, dusīgum
Instrumental	dusīgēm, dusīgum	dusīgēm, dusīgum	dusīgēm, dusīgum

Descendants

Old English: dysiġ, disi, disiġ, dyseġ
- Middle English: dysy, dusi (early West Midlands), desy (Kent)
  - English: dizzy
    - → Dutch: dizzy
  - Scots: desy, dussie, dissy
Old Frisian: *dusich, *desich
- Saterland Frisian: döäzig (possibly borrowed from Low German)
- West Frisian: dûzich
Old Saxon: *dusig, *dosig
- Middle Low German: dǖsich, dosich, dȫsich
  - Low German: dusig, dösig, düsig
  - German Low German: dösig
    - → German: dösig, dusig
  - → Danish: døsig
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: døsig
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: døsig
  - → Swedish: dåsig
Old Dutch: *dusig, *dosig, *dosag
- Middle Dutch: dosich, doesich, dosech
  - Dutch: deusich, duysigh (obsolete)
Old High German: tusīg
- >? Middle High German: dæsic
  - German: däsig