The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*deh₂y-“to divide, separate”
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*taisan“to tug, separate, shred”
- Old English · inherited from*tāsan“to tease”
- Middle English · inherited fromtosen“to card wool”
- English todaytose
From Middle English tosen (“to card wool”), from Old English *tāsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisan (“to tug, separate, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, separate”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y- all →
tass
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.