Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

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”

  • Zungenkuss
  • kussecht
  • Küsschen
  • Kuss
  • Kuss
Every word from Proto-Germanic kussaz →