Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kauzijaną

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

Originally the causative of *keusaną (“to choose”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.zi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kauzijaną^[1]

to sample, taste

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*kauzijō	*kauzijaų	—	*kauzijai	?
2nd singular	*kauzīsi	*kauzijais	*kauzī	*kauzijasai	*kauzijaisau
3rd singular	*kauzīþi	*kauzijai	*kauzijaþau	*kauzijaþai	*kauzijaiþau
1st dual	*kauzijōs	*kauzijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*kauzijaþiz	*kauzijaiþiz	*kauzijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*kauzijamaz	*kauzijaim	—	*kauzijanþai	*kauzijainþau
2nd plural	*kauzīþ	*kauzijaiþ	*kauzīþ	*kauzijanþai	*kauzijainþau
3rd plural	*kauzijanþi	*kauzijain	*kauzijanþau	*kauzijanþai	*kauzijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kauzidǭ	*kauzidēdį̄
2nd singular	*kauzidēz	*kauzidēdīz
3rd singular	*kauzidē	*kauzidēdī
1st dual	*kauzidēdū	*kauzidēdīw
2nd dual	*kauzidēdudiz	*kauzidēdīdiz
1st plural	*kauzidēdum	*kauzidēdīm
2nd plural	*kauzidēdud	*kauzidēdīd
3rd plural	*kauzidēdun	*kauzidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*kauzijandz	*kauzidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kauʀijan
- Old Frisian: kēra
- → Old French: coisir, choisir
  - Middle French: choisir
    - French: choisir
- → Old Occitan: causir
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: cousir
  - Galician: cousir
- → Franco-Provençal: chouêsir
Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan)
- → Proto-Slavic: *kusiti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kausjanan~*kauzjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

[Orel-1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kausjanan~*kauzjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

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