Etymology

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

Upper Sorbian kłós ← Lower Sorbian kłos ← Polish kłos
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  1. Polish · derived fromkłos
  2. Lower Sorbian · derived fromkłos
  3. Upper Sorbian · derived fromkłós
  4. English todayKloss

* As a German surname Klöss, from the personal name Kloss, shortened from Nikolaus. Compare Klos. * Also as a German surname, from the noun Kloß (“lump, block”). * Also Germanized from several of Slavic surnames, such as Upper Sorbian kłós, Lower Sorbian kłos, and Polish kłos, all meaning "ear or spike of cereal;" see also Klos.

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