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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kauzijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *keusaną (“to choose”) + *-janą
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.zi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*kauzijaną[1]
- to sample, to 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
- West Germanic: *kauʀijan
- Old Frisian: kēra
- Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*kausjanan~*kauzjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211