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
Ancestry of “kāss”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | kāsus | — |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | kās- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷās- | cough, to cough; to cough |