From either Latvian kauss or Middle Low German kouwese, kouwesche, kauseke.
kauss (genitive kausi, partitive kaussi)
Declension of kauss (ÕS type 22e/riik, s-ø gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kauss | kausid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kausi | ||
genitive | kausside | ||
partitive | kaussi | kausse kaussisid | |
illative | kaussi kausisse |
kaussidesse kausesse | |
inessive | kausis | kaussides kauses | |
elative | kausist | kaussidest kausest | |
allative | kausile | kaussidele kausele | |
adessive | kausil | kaussidel kausel | |
ablative | kausilt | kaussidelt kauselt | |
translative | kausiks | kaussideks kauseks | |
terminative | kausini | kaussideni | |
essive | kausina | kaussidena | |
abessive | kausita | kaussideta | |
comitative | kausiga | kaussidega |
Deverbal derivative from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káuˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kowh₂-, from the root *kewh₂-. Compare Lithuanian káušas (“ladle, dipper, big spoon”).
kauss m (1st declension)