Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/keusaną

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*keusaną[1][2]

  1. to test, to try
  2. to choose

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*keusan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*keusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213
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