dazed

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰer-“to hold, support”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*dasōjan-
3. Old Norse · derived fromdasaðr“weary”
4. English todaydazed

From Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).

Words from the same roots