Where does “kyss” come from?
kyss (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic kussaz — kiss.
kyss (Norwegian Bokmål): a kiss
Ancestry of “kyss”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | koss | kiss |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kussaz | kiss |