dizen

The story

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

From dialectal dize (“to put tow on a distaff”), from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”), of unknown origin, equivalent to dize + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Diezene (“bundle of flax, distaff”), Middle Low German dise, disene (“distaff”).

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