Etymograph

English

Kussmaul

Kussmaul may come from German Kussmaul.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKussmauluncertain
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKussmauluncertain
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From German Kussmaul or Kußmaul, from Czech Kosmály or Kosmál by means of folk etymology (as if a compound of Kuss (‘kiss’) and Maul (‘snout’)).folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.

Every English word from German Kussmaul

Today it means

name A German surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / German Kussmaul / Kussmaul

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