Where does “kus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kus”

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