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 *kauzijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
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)