cousir

From Old Galician-Portuguese cousir (“to examine”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną (“to choose, taste, test”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose, taste”). Compare French choisir, English choose.

cousir (first-person singular present couso, first-person singular preterite cousín, past participle cousido)
cousir (first-person singular present couso, first-person singular preterite cousim or cousi, past participle cousido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (archaic) to distinguish, discern

   Synonym: decerner

2. (archaic) to act judiciously, after careful consideration

• Cousido (“Judicious”), a surname
• Coto Cousido (“Distinguished hill”), a hill name

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cousir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cousi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cousir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega