Etymograph

English

doze

Doze comes from Old Norse dúsa ‘to doze, rest, remain quiet’, from Proto-Germanic *dusāną ‘to be dizzy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- ‘to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰew-‘to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰews-‘to fly, whirl’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dusāną‘to be dizzy’reconstructed
  4. Old Norsec. 800–1350dúsa‘to doze, rest, remain quiet’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*dosenreconstructed
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1666doze

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰew-‘to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰews-‘to fly, whirl’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dusāną‘to be dizzy’reconstructed
  4. Old Norsec. 800–1350dúsa‘to doze, rest, remain quiet’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*dosenreconstructed
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1666doze

Earliest quotation: 1666, Samuel Pepys: “I was an hour […] in casting up about…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- ‘to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder’

death, dead, die, funeral, dusty, typhus, dwindle, funerary, 3 more

Today it means

verb To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- / doze

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