costian
Old English
verb
Definitions
- try, tempt
- prove
- examine
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *kustōną (try, taste) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (choose, taste, enjoy, try).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵews-
Gloss
choose, taste, enjoy, try
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- about English
- cast English
- cast about English
- gustatory English
- *causīre Latin
- gustatio, gustationis Latin
- gustus Latin
- Kür German
- auskosten German
- kosten German
- kostendeckend German
- kostenmäßig German
- kostenpflichtig German
- kören German
- köstlich German
- küren German
- verkosten German
- goesting Dutch, Flemish
- γεύω Ancient Greek
- *óynos Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵéwseti Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵéwstus Proto-Indo-European
- *bikuzōną Proto-Germanic
- *kauzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *keusaną Proto-Germanic
- *kust- Proto-Germanic
- *kustiz Proto-Germanic
- *kustōną Proto-Germanic
- *kuziz Proto-Germanic
- *kuzą Proto-Germanic
- cost Old English
- costnian Old English
- costnung Old English
- cyre Old English
- cyst Old English
- cystan Old English
- cystig Old English
- wiþcostian Old English
- ċīs Old English
- costnien Middle English
- afarkostalaust Old Norse
- afarkostr Old Norse
- kosning Old Norse
- kosningr Old Norse
- kosta Old Norse
- kostnaðr Old Norse
- chois Old French
- cose Middle Dutch
- cueren Middle Dutch
- kiosan Old High German
- kostōn Old High German
- Fergus Old Irish
- do·goa Old Irish
- Aonghas Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Fearghas Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- kosten Middle High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *keusan gmw-pro
- *kiesan Old Dutch
- *gus- Proto-Celtic
- *guseti Proto-Celtic
- *to-guseti, *toguseti Proto-Celtic
- *to-guso-, *toguso- Proto-Celtic
- kiosan Old Saxon
- 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 Old Persian