Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze. · To make dull; to stupefy.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA light, short sleep or nap.
From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”). Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mention*dosenenm
- Derivation mentiondúsanon
- Derivation mention*dusānągem-pro
- Derivation mention*dʰews-ine-pro
- Cognate mentiondusiaofs · to be dizzy
- Cognate mentiondösende
- Cognate mentiondøseda
- Cognate mentiondusasv
- Cognate mentiondúsais
- Cognate mentiondysiġang
- Cognate mentiondosnitsco
- Cognate mentiondúrais
- Cognate mentiondoezelennl
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