Where does “kǫs” come from?

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

kǫs (Old Norse): heap, pile

Definitions

  1. heap, pile

Ancestry of “kǫs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kǫs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ǵ-es- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *kasō →