Where does “kos” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kos”, step by step

kos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German kus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankuskiss
2Proto-West Germanickosskiss
3Proto-Germanickussazkiss

via Old High German kos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankos—

Words derived from “kos”

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