Words that come from Old Norse hús

164 words across 16 languages descend from Old Norse hús — including husband, hubby, househusband, husting, husbandlike, husbandship, husbander, eldhús.

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Norwegian Bokmål (33)

Norwegian Nynorsk (28)

Swedish (25)

Icelandic (19)

English (14)

Danish (13)

Faroese (8)

Old Norse (6)

Finnish (5)

Middle English (4)

Old English (3)

Japanese (2)

Old Danish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)