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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkus.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kustōną

1. to try
2. to taste

Inflection

Conjugation of *kustōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
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

• *keusaną
• *kustuz

Descendants

• 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