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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]

  1. to sample, taste

Inflection

Descendants

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

References

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