Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kustōną

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

From *kustuz (“trial, choice”) +‎ *-ōną. Compare, in particular, Latin gustō (“to taste, sample”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkus.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kustōną

  1. to try
  2. to taste

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kustō *kustǭ — *kustōi ?
2nd singular *kustōsi *kustōs *kustō *kustōsai *kustōsau
3rd singular *kustōþi *kustō *kustōþau *kustōþai *kustōþau
1st dual *kustōs *kustōw — — —
2nd dual *kustōþiz *kustōþiz *kustōþiz — —
1st plural *kustōmaz *kustōm — *kustōnþai *kustōnþau
2nd plural *kustōþ *kustōþ *kustōþ *kustōnþai *kustōnþau
3rd plural *kustōnþi *kustōn *kustōnþau *kustōnþai *kustōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kustōdǭ *kustōdēdį̄
2nd singular *kustōdēz *kustōdēdīz
3rd singular *kustōdē *kustōdēdī
1st dual *kustōdēdū *kustōdēdīw
2nd dual *kustōdēdudiz *kustōdēdīdiz
1st plural *kustōdēdum *kustōdēdīm
2nd plural *kustōdēdud *kustōdēdīd
3rd plural *kustōdēdun *kustōdēdīn
present past
participles *kustōndz *kustōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kostōn
    • Old English: costian, costnian
    • Old Frisian: *kostia
    • Old Saxon: kostōn
    • Old Dutch: *kosten
      • Middle Dutch: *costen
        • Dutch: kosten ("to taste", archaic)
    • Old High German: kostōn
  • Old Norse: kosta

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kustōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226
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