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

1. to swoon, faint
2. to be dizzy
3. 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