From Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“taste, choose”).

Cognate with Old Frisian kiāsa, Old Saxon kiosan, Old High German kiosan, Old Norse kjósa, Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Latin gustus (“taste”), Albanian desha (“chosen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.sɑn/, [ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.zɑn]

ċēosan

1. to choose, select
2. to elect
3. to accept

• cyre (“choice”)

• āċēosan
• forþċēosan
• ġeċēosan
• onċēosan
• wiþċēosan
• wiþerċēosan

• ċīes

• Middle English: chesen, chees, cheese, cheesen, chese, chesyn, cheose, cheys, chiese, chiesen, chyese, chose, chuse, cesen, cheosen
  • English: choose
  • Scots: chuise, cheese