Where does “susse” come from?
susse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English suss, from English suspect, from Middle French suspect, from Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere — to see, to look, to observe.
susse (Norwegian Bokmål): To give someone a light or quick kiss; to kiss lightly
Definitions
- To give someone a light or quick kiss; to kiss lightly
Ancestry of “susse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suss | Alternative form of soss; Suspicious behaviour;... |
| 2 | English | suspect | To imagine or suppose to be true, or to exist,... |
| 3 | Middle French | suspect | — |
| 4 | Old French | suspect | — |
| 5 | Latin | suspectus | mistrusted, suspected, having been suspected;... |
| 6 | Latin | suspiciō | to look up at or to |
| 7 | Latin | suspicere | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 8 | Latin | specere | present active infinitive of speciō;... |
| 9 | Latin | specio | I observe, watch, look at |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |