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

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

Words derived from “kuss”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kussaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic koss →Every word from Old High German kus →
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