dais

...(E/Picard dialect)=desc(Provanzal)=desk(E)=desca(Ital)=discu-s(Lat). obsolete in English before 1600, surviving in Sc. as, bench against wall, settle, pew, revived by anticuarians and historical writers since 1800,=da/ta/tlaiczaliztli(Nauatl)=action of compressing/pressing/ piling up a thing,= icza/oiczac(N)=press/pile up/tamp down. the Prov./Ital./Lat. forms, desc/desca/discu-s=discus/dish (E), confirm the Nauatl roots=icza/tlaiczaliztli(N)by matching sc=cz(N) despite a/e vowel drift. .....cf., Tletl, tarima, 2/2/14, 2 posts previous to dais.