*hūsą

Runic: ᚺᚢᛊᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxuː.sɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

house

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuH-s-o-m, from *(s)kewH- (‘cover, hide’), referring to a "covered shelter" > "house".

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hūsą	hūsō
Acc.	hūsą	hūsō
Gen.	hūsas, hūsis	hūsǫ̂
Dat.	hūsai	hūsamaz
Inst.	hūsō	hūsamiz
Voc.	hūsą	hūsō

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Descendants

*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old Dutch)
  - huus (Middle Dutch)
    - hoes (Limburgish)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old Dutch)
  - huus (Middle Dutch)
    - huis (Dutch)
      - huis (Afrikaans)
      - guis, huis, geis, heis (Javindo)
      - häus (Jersey Dutch)
      - heis (Petjo)
      - huis, hoose (Skepi Creole Dutch)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old Dutch)
  - huus (Middle Dutch)
    - huis (Dutch)
      - hoes, hus, huus (Negerhollands)
        
        hus (Virgin Islands Creole)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old English)
  - hous, hus, hows, house (Middle English)
    - house, haase, heus, hous (English)
    - hoose (Geordie)
    - hoose (Scots)
    - heouse, houze, howze (Yola)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - Húus, Huus (Saterland Frisian)
  - hûs (West Frisian)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old High German)
  - hūs, hous (Middle High German)
    - Haus (German)
    - haojs, haus, hoüz (Vilamovian)
    - הויז (hoyz) (Yiddish)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old High German)
  - hūs, hous (Middle High German)
    - Hus, Huus (Alemannic German)
      - Hüs (Alsatian)
      - hus, hüs, husch, hüüsch, hous (Walser)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old High German)
  - hūs, hous (Middle High German)
    - Haus (Bavarian)
      - haus (Cimbrian)
      - haus (Mòcheno)
      - haus (Udinese)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old High German)
  - hūs, hous (Middle High German)
    - Haus (Central Franconian)
      - ? (Britten)
      - Haus (Hunsrik)
      - Haus (Luxembourgish)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old High German)
  - hūs, hous (Middle High German)
    - Huus (Central Franconian)
      - Huus (Kölsch)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old High German)
  - hūs, hous (Middle High German)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
      - Haus (Pennsylvania German)
*hūs (Proto-West Germanic)
- hūs (Old Saxon)
  - hûs (Middle Low German)
    - huus, hoes (Dutch Low Saxon)
    - Huus, Hus, Hûs, Hius (German Low German)
    - Hus (Plautdietsch)
hús (Old Norse)
- aus (Elfdalian)
- hús (Faroese)
- heus (Gutnish)
- hús (Icelandic)
- hus (Norn)
- hus (Norwegian Nynorsk)
hús (Old Norse)
- hūs (Old Danish)
  - hus (Danish)
    - hus (Norwegian Bokmål)
hús (Old Norse)
- hūs (Old Swedish)
  - hus (Swedish)
hus (Crimean Gothic)
*xyža (Proto-Slavic)

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