Where does “kāss” come from?

kāss (Latvian) comes from Latvian kāsus, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kās-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷās- — cough, to cough; to cough.

kāss (Latvian): cough, coughing

Definitions

  1. cough, coughing

Ancestry of “kāss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankāsus—
2Proto-Balto-Slavickās-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷās-cough, to cough; to cough

Words derived from “kāss”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷās- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kās- →Every word from Latvian kāsus →