Middle English, from Old Norse dasathr ("weary"), dasask, from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- ("to hold, support"), related to Armenian դադարել ("to settle, stop, end").
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