Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *duttazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_duttaz
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A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003Beknopt Etymologisch Woordenboek der Nederlandsche TaalJozefVercoullieVictor van Doosselaere1898दूधितtroubled, perplexed, disturbed
nounmasculinea-stemwisp; tuft of grass or grainbundle; group; clod clumpUncertain. Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin Vercoullie 1898. Orel 2003 derives this from *dʰewh₂- (‘smoke, mist, haze’). Torp, et al. (1909), comparing the reduplicated form from Vedic Sanskrit दूधित (dū́dhita, ‘troubled, perplexed, disturbed’), specifically derives this from a similar reduplicated base, *dʰudʰ-nó-s > Proto-Germanic *duttaz via Kluge’s Law.