Where does “ċēosan” come from?

ċēosan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic keusan, from Proto-Germanic keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵews- — to taste, try.

ċēosan (Old English): to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test,...

Definitions

  1. to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test,...

Ancestry of “ċēosan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickeusanto choose
2Proto-Germanickeusanąto test, to try; to choose
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵews-to taste, try

Words derived from “ċēosan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵews- →Every word from Proto-Germanic keusaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic keusan →