Talk:choose
Does anyone really say this /'ʧus/ (as opposed to /-z/), or was that a typo by the original contributer?
could "choose" be related to the german word "kosten" meaning "to taste"? Fili85 (talk) 01:34, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
- more likely the (old) verg kiesen as in verkoren. Gunmhoine (talk) 02:37, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, it is cognate with German kiesen. —Stephen (Talk) 03:08, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Etymology[edit]
Due to its Proto-Germanic origin, it is only akin to Welsh ceisio (“seek, ask, try, attempt, etc.”), rather than cognate, in spite of the lua. Due to no reference that I know of, it has not been added to the main entry. Andrew (talk)
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Rfv-sense: "scope for choice". This exact gloss is in OED, with one cite from 1486. This, that and the other (talk) 10:32, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Also while we're at it, I'd like to RFV the "dialectal" label on Etymology 2. I can't find evidence of dialectal usage in OED or EDD. This, that and the other (talk) 10:40, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Re: dialectal - not sure if this is also Northern English, but it was used this way in Scotland up to the late 17th century. Leasnam (talk) 22:51, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
- According to the Scots Dictionary, there is an Early Modern English choose (noun) corresponding to their entry here [[1]]. Leasnam (talk) 23:01, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, I don't doubt that an obsolete/Northern noun choose exists (existed); OED confirms that the other senses are (were) in use in ModE. But this sense in particular was copied straight out of NED or OED even though the only cite was from 1486. This, that and the other (talk) 09:38, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- (Wow, ignore my comment here - I see you were responding to my second point about the "dialectal" label, which I had apparently forgotten about when I wrote the reply. Sorry!) This, that and the other (talk) 02:34, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, I don't doubt that an obsolete/Northern noun choose exists (existed); OED confirms that the other senses are (were) in use in ModE. But this sense in particular was copied straight out of NED or OED even though the only cite was from 1486. This, that and the other (talk) 09:38, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- According to the Scots Dictionary, there is an Early Modern English choose (noun) corresponding to their entry here [[1]]. Leasnam (talk) 23:01, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
- Re: dialectal - not sure if this is also Northern English, but it was used this way in Scotland up to the late 17th century. Leasnam (talk) 22:51, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
RFV-failed and I updated the context labels on the other senses of this etymology. This, that and the other (talk) 11:25, 8 January 2023 (UTC)