Where does “kus” come from?

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

kus (Old High German): kiss

Definitions

  1. kiss

Ancestry of “kus”, step by step

kus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic koss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickosskiss
2Proto-Germanickussazkiss

via Proto-Germanic *koss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*koss—

Words derived from “kus”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kussaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic koss →