Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “kys” come from?

kys (Danish) comes from Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic kussaz — kiss.

kys (Danish): kiss; imperative of kysse; imperative of kyse

Definitions

  1. kiss; imperative of kysse; imperative of kyse

Ancestry of “kys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekosskiss
2Proto-Germanickussazkiss
Every word from Proto-Germanic kussaz →