ceosan

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Conjugation 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Descendants

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kuz-, from Proto-Indo-European *geus- (“‘taste, choose’”). Cognate with Old Frisian kiāsa, Old Saxon kiosan (Dutch kiezen), Old High German kiosan, Old Norse kjósa, Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽. The IE root was also the source of Latin gustare ‘to taste’, Albanian desha ‘chosen’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'ʧeːozɑn/

[edit] Verb

ċēosan

1. to choose

[edit] Conjugation

Class II strong
present	singular	plural
1st person	ċēose	ċēosaþ
2nd person	ċīesst
3rd person	ċīesþ
subjunctive	ċēose	ċēosen
preterite	singular	plural
1st person	ċēas	curon
2nd person	cure
3rd person	ċēas
subjunctive	cure	curen
imperative	singular	plural
	ċēos	ċēosaþ
participle	present	past
	ċēosende	(ġe)coren

[edit] Related terms

• German: kiesen
• Dutch: kiezen

[edit] Descendants

• English: choose