Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/keusaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti, from *ǵews- (“to taste, try”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γεύω (geúō), Sanskrit जोषति (jóṣati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeu̯.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*keusaną

1. to test, to try
2. to choose

Inflection

Conjugation of *keusaną (strong class 2)

	active voice				passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*keusō	*keusaų	—		*keusai	?
2nd singular	*kiusizi	*keusaiz	*keus		*keusazai	*keusaizau
3rd singular	*kiusidi	*keusai	*keusadau		*keusadai	*keusaidau
1st dual	*keusōz	*keusaiw	—		—	—
2nd dual	*keusadiz	*keusaidiz	*keusadiz		—	—
1st plural	*keusamaz	*keusaim	—		*keusandai	*keusaindau
2nd plural	*kiusid	*keusaid	*kiusid		*keusandai	*keusaindau
3rd plural	*keusandi	*keusain	*keusandau		*keusandai	*keusaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kaus	*kuzį̄
2nd singular	*kaust	*kuzīz
3rd singular	*kaus	*kuzī
1st dual	*kuzū	*kuzīw
2nd dual	*kuzudiz	*kuzīdiz
1st plural	*kuzum	*kuzīm
2nd plural	*kuzud	*kuzīd
3rd plural	*kuzun	*kuzīn
	present	past
participles	*keusandz	*kuzanaz

Related terms

• *kauzijaną
• *kustiz
• *kustōną
• *kustuz
• *kuzą
• *kuziz
• *walakuzjǭ (“valkyrie, walkirrie”)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *keusan
  • Old English: ċēosan
    • Middle English: chesen, chees, cheese, cheesen, chese, chesyn, cheose, cheys, chiese, chiesen, chyese, chose, chuse, cesen, cheosen
      • English: choose
      • Scots: chuise, cheese
  • Old Frisian: kiāsa, ziāsa
    • North Frisian: kese
    • Saterland Frisian: kjoze
    • West Frisian: kieze
  • Old Saxon: kiosan
    • Middle Low German: kêsen, kîsen
      • German Low German: kiesen
      • Low German: kesen
      • → Old Swedish: kesa
        • Swedish: kesa
      • → Danish: kejse
      • → Scanian: késa
  • Old Dutch: *kiesan
    • Middle Dutch: kiesen
      • Dutch: kiezen
        • Afrikaans: kies
  • Old High German: kiosan, chiosan
    • Middle High German: kiesen
      • German: kiesen
• Old Norse: kjósa
  • Icelandic: kjósa
  • Faroese: kjósa
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjose
  • Old Swedish: kiūsa
    • Swedish: tjusa
  • Danish: kyse
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan)
  • → Proto-Slavic: *kousiti
    • Old Church Slavonic: въкоусити (vŭkusiti)
      • → Russian: вкуси́ть (vkusítʹ)
• → Proto-Finnic: *kiusat'ak
  • Finnish: kiusata