*husǭ

Runic: ᚺᚢᛊᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxu.sɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

an outer covering; hull; shell; husk; case
covering for the legs; leggings, trousers

Etymology

Probably a nominal formation from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewHs-, an s-extension of *(s)kewH- (‘to cover, bewrap’), though Orel is implicitly skeptical and leaves the origin open.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	husǭ	husōniz
Acc.	husōnų	husōnunz
Gen.	husōniz	husōnǫ̂
Dat.	husōni	husōmaz
Inst.	husōnē	husōmiz
Voc.	husǭ	husōniz

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Descendants

*hosā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hosae (Late Latin)
*hosā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hosa (Old Dutch)
  - hōse (Middle Dutch)
    - hoos (Dutch)
      - hoos (Afrikaans)
*hosā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hose, hosa, hosu (Old English)
  - hose, hoyse, hosa, hoose (Middle English)
    - hose (English)
    - hose, hoe (Scots)
*hosā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hose (Old Frisian)
  - Hoose (Saterland Frisian)
  - hoas (West Frisian)
*hosā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hosa (Old High German)
  - hose (Middle High German)
    - hóoza (Cimbrian)
    - Hose (German)
    - Hues (Luxembourgish)
    - הויזן (hoyzn) (Yiddish)
*hosā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hosa (Old Saxon)
  - hōse, hāse (Middle Low German)
    - Hose, Hoos (German Low German)
hosa (Old Norse)
- hose (Danish)
- hosa (Faroese)
- hosa (Icelandic)
- hose (Norwegian Bokmål)
hosa (Old Norse)
- hosa, husa (Old Swedish)
  - housut (Finnish)
  - hosa (Swedish)

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