Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tūsōn

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tūsōną, from Proto-Indo-European *des- (“to go out, run out, fail”).

Verb

*tūsōn

to tease, pull, pluck
to ruffle, tousle

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*tūsōn
1st sg. past	*tūsōdā
Infinitive	*tūsōn
Genitive infin.	*tūsōnijas
Dative infin.	*tūsōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*tūsōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*tūsō	*tūsōdā
2nd singular	*tūsōs	tūsōdēs, tūsōdōs
3rd singular	*tūsōþ	tūsōdē, tūsōdā
1st plural	*tūsōm	*tūsōdum
2nd plural	*tūsōþ	*tūsōdud
3rd plural	*tūsōnþ	*tūsōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*tūsō	*tūsōdī
2nd singular	*tūsōs	*tūsōdī
3rd singular	*tūsō	*tūsōdī
1st plural	*tūsōm	*tūsōdīm
2nd plural	*tūsōþ	*tūsōdīd
3rd plural	*tūsōn	*tūsōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*tūsō
Plural	*tūsōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*tūsōndī	*tūsōd

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic: *tūslōn

Related terms

*tussjā
*tuskijō

Descendants

Old English: *tūsian
- Middle English: *tusen, *tousen
  - English: touse
  - Scots: touse
  - ⇒ Middle English: betousen
  - ⇒ Middle English: totusen
  - ⇒ Middle English: touselen
    - English: tousle
    - Scots: tousle
Old Frisian: *tūsia
- ⇒ North Frisian: tuuse
- ⇒? Saterland Frisian: tuusterje, tusterje
Old Saxon: *tūsōn
- Middle Low German: *tûsen; >? tosen
  - German Low German: tusen
    - ⇒ German Low German: tuseln
Old Dutch: *tūson
- Middle Dutch: tusen; >? tosen
  - >? Dutch: tozen (dialectal)
Old High German: *zūsōn
- Middle High German: *zūsen
  - German: zausen
  - ⇒ Middle High German: erzūsen
- ⇒ Old High German: zirzūsōn, zizūsōn