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

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

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
  - German Low German: 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