Choose
Old English cēosan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kiezen .
wiktionary
From Middle English chesen, from Old English ċēosan(“to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test, accept, settle for, approve”), from Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną(“to taste, choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti, from *ǵews-(“to taste, try”).
Cognate with Scots chuise, cheese(“to choose”), French choisir(“to choose”), North Frisian kese(“to choose”), West Frisian kieze(“to choose”), Dutch kiezen(“to choose”), Low German kesen(“to choose”), archaic and partially obsolete German kiesen(“to choose”), Danish kyse(“to frighten (via ‘to charm, allure’ and ‘to enchant’)”), Norwegian kjose(“to choose”), Swedish tjusa(“to charm, allure, enchant”), Icelandic kjósa(“to choose, vote, elect”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽( kiusan, “to test”), Latin gustō(“I taste, sample”), Ancient Greek γεύω(geúō, “to feed”), Sanskrit जोषति(jóṣati, “to like, enjoy”), Russian kúšatʹ(kúšatʹ, “to have a meal, to eat”).
From Middle English chose, chos, chooce, from chosen(“to choose”). Cognate with Scots chose(“choosing, choice, selection”).
etymonline
choose (v.)
Old English ceosan "choose, seek out, select from two or more; decide, test, taste, try; accept, approve" (class II strong verb; past tense ceas, past participle coren), from Proto-Germanic *keus- (source also of Old Frisian kiasa, Old Saxon kiosan, Dutch kiezen, Old High German kiosan, German kiesen, Old Norse kjosa, Gothic kiusan "choose," Gothic kausjan "to taste, test"), from PIE root *geus- "to taste; to choose." Only remotely related to choice. Variant spelling chuse is Middle English, very frequent 16c.-18c. The irregular past participle leveled out to chosen by 1200.
