Where does “disdeynen” come from?
disdeynen (Middle English) comes from Old French desdeignier, from Old French deignier, from Latin dīgnō, from Latin dīgnus, from Proto-Italic degnos, from Proto-Indo-European dḱ-nós, from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- — take; perceive.
Ancestry of “disdeynen”, step by step