Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dusīg

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *dusag

Etymology

From *dusēn +‎ *-g.

Adjective

*dusīg

1. dazed, stunned
2. dizzy; giddy

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*dusīg
Genitive	*dusīgas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*dusīg	*dusīgu	*dusīg
Accusative	*dusīganā	*dusīgā	*dusīg
Genitive	*dusīgas	*dusīgeʀā	*dusīgas
Dative	*dusīgumē	*dusīgeʀē	*dusīgumē
Instrumental	*dusīgu	*dusīgeʀu	*dusīgu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*dusīgē	*dusīgō	*dusīgu
Accusative	*dusīgā	*dusīgā	*dusīgu
Genitive	*dusīgeʀō	*dusīgeʀō	*dusīgeʀō
Dative	*dusīgēm, *dusīgum	*dusīgēm, *dusīgum	*dusīgēm, *dusīgum
Instrumental	*dusīgēm, *dusīgum	*dusīgēm, *dusīgum	*dusīgēm, *dusīgum

Descendants

• Old English: dysiġ, disiġ, dyseġ
  • Middle English: dysy, dusi (early West Midlands), desy (Kent)
    • English: dizzy
      • → Dutch: dizzy
    • Scots: desy, dussie, dissy
• Old Frisian: *dusich, *desich
  • Saterland Frisian: döäzig (possibly borrowed from Low German)
  • West Frisian: dûzich
• Old Saxon: *dusig, *dosig
  • Middle Low German: dǖsich, dosich, dȫsich
    • Low German: dusig, dösig, düsig
    • German Low German: dösig
      • → German: dösig, dusig
    • → Danish: døsig
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: døsig
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: døsig
    • → Swedish: dåsig
• Old Dutch: *dusig, *dosig, *dosag
  • Middle Dutch: dosich, doesich, dosech
    • Dutch: deusich, duysigh (obsolete)
• Old High German: tusīg
  • >? Middle High German: dæsic
    • German: däsig