doze

doze · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰews-“to fly, whirl”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*dusāną“to be dizzy”
3. Old Norse · derived fromdúsa“to doze, rest, remain quiet”
4. Middle English · inherited from*dosen
5. English todaydoze

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.

doze · verb²

Clipping of bulldoze.

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