Where does “Koss” come from?

Koss (Plautdietsch) comes from Polish Koza, from Proto-Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

Koss (Plautdietsch): goat

Definitions

  1. goat

Ancestry of “Koss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishKozagoat
2Proto-Slavickožaskin; leather
3Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—

Words derived from “Koss”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Proto-Slavic koža →