Where does “Kuss” come from?

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

Kuss (Hunsrik): kiss

Definitions

  1. kiss

Ancestry of “Kuss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankus—
2Old High Germankuskiss
3Proto-West Germanickosskiss
4Proto-Germanickussazkiss
Every word from Proto-Germanic kussaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic koss →Every word from Old High German kus →