Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *dūsazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_dūsaz
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A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003*dʰwes-to breathe, inhale, exhale*dyxъbreath, whiff
adja-stemstill, calmPossibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’). Orel 2003 notes that both Old Norse and East Frisian have descendants with -ū-. Pokorny also notes Middle Low German dūsich (‘numb, dizzy’). A direct cognate is Proto-Slavic *dyxъ (‘breath, whiff’). Note the close semantic relationship with *dusāną (‘to be stunned, swoon, to be dizzy, to slumber’).