Words that come from Old Norse hús

392 words across 22 languages descend from Old Norse hús — including husband, Hus, hubby, Hussite, househusband, husting, husbandlike, husbandship.

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Danish (116)

Swedish (77)

Norwegian Nynorsk (40)

Norwegian Bokmål (39)

Icelandic (35)

English (30)

Faroese (13)

Finnish (11)

Old Norse (5)

Middle English (4)

Spanish (4)

Old Swedish (3)

Old English (3)

Old Danish (2)

Japanese (2)

Northern Sami (2)

Elfdalian (1)

Chinese (1)

Old French (1)

French (1)

Romanian (1)

Jamaican Creole (1)