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

Inflection

Conjugation of *dusāną (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

Related terms

• *deuzą
• *deuzaz
• *dūsōną
• *dwēsaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dusēn
  • 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
• Old Norse: *dusa, dúsa
  • Icelandic: dúsa, dusa
  • Norwegian: duse