Where does “kys” come from?

kys (Slovincian) comes from German kies, from Yiddish קיס — pouch.

kys (Slovincian): gravel

Definitions

  1. gravel

Ancestry of “kys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankiessingular imperative of kiesen
2Yiddishקיסpouch
Every word from Yiddish קיס →Every word from German kies →