koss

See also: Koss and kôš

English

Noun

koss (plural koss or kosses)

1. Alternative form of coss

Anagrams

• Soks

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔsː/
• Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

koss m (genitive singular koss, nominative plural kossar)

1. a kiss

Declension

declension of koss

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	koss	kossinn	kossar	kossarnir
accusative	koss	kossinn	kossa	kossana
dative	kossi	kossinum	kossum	kossunum
genitive	koss	kossins	kossa	kossanna

Related terms

• kyssa

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

koss

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of korleis

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old English coss, Old Saxon kus, kos, Old High German kus.

Noun

koss m

1. kiss

Related terms

• kyssa

Descendants

• Danish: kys
• Faroese: kossur
• Icelandic: koss

• Norwegian: kyss
• Swedish: kyss (Old Swedish kus, kos)

Note: The continental Scandinavian forms with y have been altered by association with the verb kyssa.

References

• “koss”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press