geus-

To taste, choose. Oldest form *g̑eus-, becoming *geus- in centum languages.

1.

a. choose, from Old English cēosan, ceōsan, to choose, from Germanic *keusan;

b. choice, from a Germanic source akin to Gothic kausjan, to test, taste, from Germanic causative *kausjan.

2. Zero-grade form *gus-. Valkyrie, from Old Norse Valkyrja, “chooser of the slain,” Valkyrie (valr, the slain; see welə-), from Germanic *kuz-.

3. Suffixed zero-grade form *gus-tu-. gust², gusto; ragout, from Latin gustus, taste.

4. Suffixed zero-grade form *gus-to-, whence further suffixed (frequentative) form *gus-t-ā-. gustation; degust, disgust, from Latin gustāre, to taste.

 

[Pokorny g̑eus- 399.]

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