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Where does “Koss” come from?

Koss (German Low German) comes from Polish koza, from Proto-Slavic koza — goat.

Koss (German Low German): goat; female goat, she-goat

Definitions

  1. goat; female goat, she-goat

Ancestry of “Koss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkozagoat; booger, bogey; jail, prison
2Proto-Slavickozagoat
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