koss
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɔsː/
- Rhymes: -ɔsː
Declension
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔsː/
Noun
koss f (definite singular kossa, indefinite plural kosser, definite plural kossene)
- Alternative form of kòs
Noun
koss m or n (definite singular kossen or kosset, indefinite plural kossar or koss, definite plural kossane or kossa)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʊsː/
Adverb
koss
- (pre-2012) alternative form of korleis
- 1988, Sveinung Time, Arne Garborg om seg sjølv [Arne Garborg about himself]:
- Og kóss skulde eg koma til Arabia, når eg kunde korkje tysk eller arabisk mål?
- And how was I to get to Arabia, when I knew neither German nor Arabic speech?
- 1905, Ivar Mortensson-Egnund, Edda-kvæde [Edda Poems]:
- Koss er med åsom, koss er med alvom?
- How goes it with the Æsir, how goes it with the elves?
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old English coss, Old Saxon kus, kos, Old High German kus.
Related terms
Descendants
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
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