tjusa
Swedish
/²ɕʉːsa/
verb-reg
Definitions
- to charm, enchant, fascinate
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish kiusa inherited from Old Norse kjósa (choose, influence with magic) inherited from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (choose, taste, chose) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵéwseti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- choosability English
- choosable English
- choose English
- chooseable English
- chooser English
- choosest English
- chooseth English
- choosy English
- forechoose English
- mischoose English
- prechoose English
- rechoose English
- unchoose English
- *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵéwseti Proto-Indo-European
- *kaus- Proto-Germanic
- *kausijaną Proto-Germanic
- *keusaną Proto-Germanic
- *kuzą Proto-Germanic
- chosen Middle English
- kjósa Old Norse
- kyse Danish
- kjósa Icelandic
- kjósa Faroese
- 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *keusan gmw-pro
- *kiesan Old Dutch
- *kiusat'ak Proto-Finnic
- *guseti Proto-Celtic
- kiusa Old Swedish
- *kausjan Frankish
- kiasa Old Frisian