Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/keusan
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *keusaną.
Verb
[edit]*keusan[1]
- to choose
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *keusan | |
| 1st sg. past | *kaus | |
| 3rd pl. past | *kuʀun | |
| Past ptcple | *koʀan | |
| Infinitive | *keusan | |
| Genitive infin. | *keusannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *keusannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *keusannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *keusu | *kaus |
| 2nd singular | *kiusiʀi | *kuʀī |
| 3rd singular | *kiusidi | *kaus |
| 1st plural | *keusum | *kuʀum |
| 2nd plural | *kiusid | *kuʀud |
| 3rd plural | *keusand | *kuʀun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *keusē | *kuʀī |
| 2nd singular | *keusēs | *kuʀī |
| 3rd singular | *keusē | *kuʀī |
| 1st plural | *keusēm | *kuʀīm |
| 2nd plural | *keusēþ | *kuʀīd |
| 3rd plural | *keusēn | *kuʀīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *kius | |
| Plural | *kiusid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *keusandī | *koʀan |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: ċēosan
- Old Frisian: kiāsa, ziāsa
- Old Saxon: kiosan
- Old Dutch: *kiesan
- Old High German: kiosan, chiosan
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206: “PWGmc *keusan”