*kussaz

Runic: ᚲᚢᛊᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkus.sɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

kiss

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kw(e)s- (‘to kiss’), which appears to be onomatopoeic. Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (kaka-) (ku̯aššzi ~ ku̯aššanzi, ‘idem’), Ancient Greek κυνέω (kunéō) (kunéō, ‘idem’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kussaz	kussōz, kussōs
Acc.	kussą	kussanz
Gen.	kussas, kussis	kussǫ̂
Dat.	kussai	kussamaz
Inst.	kussō	kussamiz
Voc.	kuss	kussōz, kussōs

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Descendants

*koss (Proto-West Germanic)
- koss, kos (Old Frisian)
*koss (Proto-West Germanic)
- *cus, *cos (Old Dutch)
  - kos, kus (Middle Dutch)
    - kus, kos (Dutch)
      - kus (Afrikaans)
      - kosi (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - kus (Negerhollands)
*koss (Proto-West Germanic)
- coss, cos, *cus (Old English)
  - cos, cus, kis, kys, kysse, kesse (Middle English)
    - kiss (English)
    - kis (Scots)
    - kesse (Yola)
*koss (Proto-West Germanic)
- kus (Old High German)
  - kus, kos (Middle High German)
    - khüss (Cimbrian)
    - Kuss (German)
    - Kuss (Hunsrik)
    - Kuss (Luxembourgish)
*koss (Proto-West Germanic)
- kus, kuss, koss, kos (Old Saxon)
  - kus, kuss (Middle Low German)
    - Kuß (German Low German)
    - Kuss (Plautdietsch)
koss (Old Norse)
- kossur (Faroese)
- koss (Icelandic)
- kyss, kjøss, kjuss (Norwegian Nynorsk)
koss (Old Norse)
- ? (Old Danish)
  - kys (Danish)
koss (Old Norse)
- kus, kos (Old Swedish)
  - kyss (Swedish)

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