çekim: geçmiş discerni · ortaç discernido · şimdiki discerne
köken: Borrowed from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.
to distinguish, to differentiate (to recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics) · to distinguish, to differentiate (to show or be the difference or distinction between things) · to distinguish (to make noticeably different or better than others through accomplishments)
çekim: geçmiş διέκρινα · ortaç διακεκριμένος
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διακρίνω (diakrínō) (via Byzantine Greek) with semantic loan from French se distinguer (“to distinguish oneself”).
çekim: geçmiş havainnut · şimdiki havaitsee · ulaç havaitseva
köken: From Proto-Finnic *havait'ak (compare Ingrian havaita, Karelian havaittšuo, Ludian havaitšuda, Votic havattsaassõ); the root is a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *hawāną (“to observe”) + -ita.
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.