The story
- Czech · derived fromKosmály
- German · borrowed fromKussmaul
- English todayKussmaul
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”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.