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Where does “kös” come from?

kös (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic *kasō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ǵ-es-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

Ancestry of “kös”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kasō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ǵ-es-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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