English
dizen
Dizen comes from English dize ‘to put tow on a distaff’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *disanō.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*disanō‘distaff’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*disanreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*disenreconstructed
- English1500–presentdize‘to put tow on a distaff’
- Englishearliest quotation 1774dizen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*disanō‘distaff’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*disanreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*disenreconstructed
- English1500–presentdize‘to put tow on a distaff’
- Englishearliest quotation 1774dizen
Earliest quotation: 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Retaliation: “Like a tragedy queen he has dizen'd her out,…”
Formed from dize + -en
Linked words
through English dize ‘to put tow on a distaff’
Today it means
verb To dress with flax for spinning.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *disanō / dizen