Where does “Kuss” come from?

Kuss (German) comes from Middle High German kus, from Old High German kus, from Proto-West Germanic koss, from Proto-Germanic kussaz — kiss.

Kuss (German): kiss

Definitions

  1. kiss

Ancestry of “Kuss”, step by step

Kuss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German kus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankus—
2Old High Germankuskiss
3Proto-West Germanickosskiss
4Proto-Germanickussazkiss

via Middle High German kos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankos—
2Old High Germankos—
Every word from Proto-Germanic kussaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic koss →Every word from Old High German kus →
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