cosy

The story

1. Old High German · derived fromkōsa
2. Old Norse · derived fromkose
3. Norwegian · derived fromkose
4. Scots · derived fromcosie
5. English todaycosy

From Scots cosie, from Old Scots colsie, but ultimate derivation is unknown. Possibly 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”).

Words from the same roots