cosie

The story

1. Old High German · derived fromkōsa
2. Old Norse · derived fromkose
3. Norwegian · derived fromkose
4. English todaycosie

From Scots, from Old Scots colsie, probably of North Germanic origin, such as Norwegian kose seg (“to have a cozy time”), from Old Norse kose sig, from koselig, koslig, perhaps ultimately from Old High German kōsa; see modern German kosen (“to cuddle”). See also English cosy.

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