bedizen

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*disanō“distaff”
2. Old English · inherited from*disan
3. Middle English · inherited from*disen
4. English todaybedizen

PIE word *h₁epi From be- (intensifying prefix) + dizen (“to attire, dress, especially showily”). Dizen is derived from dialectal dize (“to put (tow) on a distaff”), probably from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”); further etymology unknown.

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