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Where does “kos” come from?

kos (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic kussaz — kiss.

Ancestry of “kos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickussazkiss

Words derived from “kos”

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