Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kustōną

This Proto-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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *kustuz (“trial, choice”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkus.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*kustōną

to try
to taste

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *kustōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*kustō	*kustǭ	—	*kustōi	?
2nd singular	*kustōsi	*kustōs	*kustō	*kustōsai	*kustōsau
3rd singular	*kustōþi	*kustō	*kustōþau	*kustōþai	*kustōþau
1st dual	*kustōs	*kustōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*kustōþiz	*kustōþiz	*kustōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*kustōmaz	*kustōm	—	*kustōnþai	*kustōnþau
2nd plural	*kustōþ	*kustōþ	*kustōþ	*kustōnþai	*kustōnþau
3rd plural	*kustōnþi	*kustōn	*kustōnþau	*kustōnþai	*kustōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kustōdǭ	*kustōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*kustōdēz	*kustōdēdīz
3rd singular	*kustōdē	*kustōdēdī
1st dual	*kustōdēdū	*kustōdēdīw
2nd dual	*kustōdēdudiz	*kustōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*kustōdēdum	*kustōdēdīm
2nd plural	*kustōdēdud	*kustōdēdīd
3rd plural	*kustōdēdun	*kustōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*kustōndz	*kustōdaz

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *kostōn
- Old English: costian, costnian
  - Middle English: costnien; bicasten (partially)
    - English: costen; becast, cast about
- Old Frisian: *kostia
  - Saterland Frisian: kostje
- Old Saxon: kostōn
  - Middle Low German: kosten
- Old Dutch: *kosten
  - Middle Dutch: *costen
    - Dutch: kosten ("to taste", archaic)
- Old High German: kostōn
  - Middle High German: kosten
    - German: kosten
    - Mòcheno: kostn
    - → Polish: kosztować
Old Norse: kosta
- Icelandic: kosta
- Swedish: kosta