Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/koss

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Noun

*koss m

1. kiss

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*koss
Genitive	*kossas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*koss	*kossō, *kossōs
Accusative	*koss	*kossā
Genitive	*kossas	*kossō
Dative	*kossē	*kossum
Instrumental	*kossu	*kossum

Derived terms

• *kossōn
• *kussijan

Descendants

• Old English: coss, cos, *cus
  • Middle English: cos, cus, kis, kys, kysse, kesse
    • English: kiss
    • Scots: kis
    • Yola: kesse
• Old Frisian: koss, kos
• Old Saxon: kus, kuss, koss, kos
  • Middle Low German: kus, kuss
    • Plautdietsch: Kuss
• Old Dutch: *cus, *cos
  • Middle Dutch: kos, kus
    • Dutch: kus, (dialectal) kos
      • Afrikaans: kus
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: kosi
      • Negerhollands: kus
• Old High German: kus, kos
  • Middle High German: kus, kos
    • Cimbrian: khüss (vowel influenced by verb)
    • German: Kuss
    • Hunsrik: Kuss
    • Luxembourgish: Kuss