kyssa
Swedish
/ˈɕʏsˌa/
verb-reg
Definitions
- to kiss passionately or with great affection (compare with pussa), to snog (UK)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish kyssa inherited from Old Norse kyssa (kiss) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną (kiss).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kussijaną
Gloss
kiss
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bekiss English
- kiss English
- kiss-ass English
- kissability English
- kissable English
- kissass English
- kissathon English
- kissee English
- kisser English
- kissest English
- kisseth English
- kissfest English
- kissing English
- kissle English
- kissless English
- kisslike English
- kissproof English
- kissworthy English
- kissy English
- outkiss English
- unkiss English
- *ku Proto-Indo-European
- kysse Norwegian Bokmål
- *kussijaną Proto-Germanic
- キス Japanese
- kysse Norwegian Nynorsk
- cyssan Old English
- kissen Middle English
- kyssa Old Norse
- kysse Danish
- kyssa Icelandic
- kussen Old High German
- kyssa Faroese
- kussen Old Dutch
- kussian Old Saxon
- kyssa Old Swedish
- 키스 Korean
- kis Tok Pisin