Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kussaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic; or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *gʷas-, *gus-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkus.sɑz/

Noun

*kussaz m

kiss

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kussaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kussaz	kussōz, kussōs
vocative	*kuss	kussōz, kussōs
accusative	*kussą	*kussanz
genitive	kussas, kussis	*kussǫ̂
dative	*kussai	*kussamaz
instrumental	*kussō	*kussamiz

Derived terms

*kussijaną

Descendants

Most modern descendants have reanalysed this word based on the verb, and therefore show a front vowel. Those with a back vowel are more original.

Old English: coss, cos
- Middle English: cos, cus; kys, kis
  - Scots: kis
  - English: kiss
Old Frisian: koss, kos
Old Saxon: kuss, kus, koss, kos
- Middle Low German: kus, kuss
  - Plautdietsch: Kuss
Old Dutch: *kus, *kos
- Middle Dutch: kos, kus
  - Dutch: kus
    - Afrikaans: kus
Old High German: kus, kos
- Middle High German: kus, kos
  - German: Kuss
  - Hunsrik: Kuss
Old Norse: koss
- Icelandic: koss
- Faroese: kossur
- Norwegian: kyss
- Old Swedish: kuss
  - Swedish: kyss
- Old Danish: [Term?]
  - Danish: kys

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