dize

The story

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

From Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch disen (“to dress or prepare a distaff with flax for spinning”), Middle Low German dise, disene (“bunch of flax, distaff”).

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