Where does “kus” come from?

kus (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch kos, from Old Dutch kos, from Proto-West Germanic koss, from Proto-Germanic kussaz — kiss.

kus (Dutch): kiss

Definitions

  1. kiss

Ancestry of “kus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchkos—
2Old Dutchkos—
3Proto-West Germanickosskiss
4Proto-Germanickussazkiss

Words derived from “kus”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kussaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic koss →Every word from Old Dutch kos →