From Middle English disy, dysy, desi, dusy, from Old English dysiġ, dyseġ, from Proto-Germanic *dusigaz. Akin to West Frisian dize ("fog"), Dutch deusig, duizig, duizelig, German dösig ("sleepy; stupid").
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