Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “hūs”
400 words across 21 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic hūs — including house, household, housing, warehouse, greenhouse, housekeeper, farmhouse, housekeeping.
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English (322)
- house
- household
- housing
- warehouse
- greenhouse
- housekeeper
- farmhouse
- housekeeping
- lighthouse
- courthouse
- housework
- storehouse
- workhouse
- brothel
- clubhouse
- housemaid
- warehousing
- playhouse
- powerhouse
- Bauhaus
- slaughterhouse
- townhouse
- poorhouse
- boathouse
- madhouse
- hussy
- gatehouse
- Stenhouse
- teahouse
- coffeehouse
- houseboat
- guardhouse
- blockhouse
- bunkhouse
- meetinghouse
- roundhouse
- dollhouse
- jailhouse
- housecleaning
- hoose
- henhouse
- smokehouse
- doghouse
- pilothouse
- housetop
- statehouse
- glasshouse
- housecoat
- housemate
- cookhouse
- roadhouse
- icehouse
- houseguest
- deckhouse
- houseboy
- housewarming
- housebreaking
- steakhouse
- housebound
- treehouse
- warehouseman
- housefly
- housebreaker
- countinghouse
- dwellinghouse
- birdhouse
- housemaster
- porterhouse
- housedress
- safehouse
- washhouse
- packinghouse
- brewhouse
- springhouse
- ranchhouse
- houseplant
- flophouse
- funhouse
- unhoused
- houseman
- Hauschild
- stationhouse
- housebuilding
- rowhouse
- housemother
- baghouse
- shithouse
- prisonhouse
- housebroken
- woodhouse
- intrahousehold
- nuthouse
- housepainter
- cohousing
- motherhouse
- Hausfrau
- pesthouse
- shophouse
- bughouse
- tollhouse
- posthouse
- resthouse
- rehouse
- cathouse
- watchhouse
- housecleaner
- sugarhouse
- housecat
- houseroom
- chophouse
- loghouse
- sweathouse
- toolhouse
- househusband
- pithouse
- malthouse
- rathskeller
- cothouse
- milkhouse
- pumphouse
- millhouse
- barrelhouse
- interhousehold
- housefather
- backhouse
- dyehouse
- nonhousehold
- housebreak
- deadhouse
- housie
- housemistress
- housefront
- pigeonhouse
- nonhousing
- houseworker
- houseware
- housegirl
- chickenhouse
- housetrain
- housepainting
- housey
- gashouse
- stillhouse
- warehouselike
- fowlhouse
- dosshouse
- housewright
- houseboating
- unhouse
- houseproud
- customshouse
- packhouse
- crackhouse
- mudhouse
- coalhouse
- poolhouse
- housemade
- houselike
- showhouse
- brothelkeeper
- hizzy
- houseward
- housebote
- dovehouse
- babyhouse
- wellhouse
- underhousemaid
- moviehouse
- headhouse
- houselight
- ginhouse
- lighthousekeeper
- houseparent
- beachhouse
- beehouse
- boilerhouse
- hussif
- multihousehold
- waterhouse
- cobhouse
- housewards
- houseclean
- chookhouse
- lockhouse
- warehouser
- housekey
- carthouse
- houseboater
- houseline
- taphouse
- stovehouse
- housewide
- churchhouse
- unhousedness
- housefire
- warehouseful
- housepet
- housemaker
- househunter
- householdry
- houseshare
- stagehouse
- stadthouse
- goathouse
- coolhouse
- greenhouselike
- dairyhouse
- Bauhausian
- forehouse
- earthhouse
- parrothouse
- housesmith
- toyhouse
- weighhouse
- lakehouse
- housebuying
- traphouse
- brothelry
- bookhouse
- carhouse
- houseraising
- miniwarehouse
- houseblock
- peelhouse
- spookhouse
- crazyhouse
- culverhouse
- nongreenhouse
- unhousebroken
- boghouse
- housebarn
- seedhouse
- hashhouse
- jewelhouse
- pisshouse
- cophouse
- craphouse
- dishouse
- lighthouseman
- rewarehouse
- hellhouse
- housecoated
- housecar
- lighthouselike
- dollhouselike
- sharehouse
- housecare
- Stenhousian
- overhouse
- mughouse
- housebuyer
- groghouse
- houseshoe
- housepride
- housefellow
- orehouse
- housespouse
- housemaking
- brotheler
- henhussy
- housage
- hussive
- house frau
- row house
- house-sit
- house-sitter
- pot-house
- house cooling party
- houseboi
- canhouse
- Wendy house
- house martin
- eco-house
- housetruck
- housetrucker
- multiwarehouse
- nonwarehouse
- fuckhouse
- house-proud
- broilerhouse
- embrothel
- brothelgoer
- warehousewoman
- warehousable
- masthouse
- lit-house
- gillhouse
- chargehouse
- spitalhouse
- neathouse
- gabberhouse
- housane
- wafflehouse
- cribhouse
- antiwarehousing
- shoothouse
- grubhouse
- shithoused
- post house
- post-house
- hizzle
- Eurohouse
- houseback
- pension house
- renthouse
- microhouse
- warehousy
- superhouse
- househubby
- armshouse
- housie-housie
- housecloth
- trap house
- housefrock
- gonghouse
- draught-house
- jakeshouse
- siegehouse
- petty-house
- antibrothel
- stinkhouse
- microhousing
Dutch (49)
- huis
- huishouden
- huiswerk
- warenhuis
- huisarts
- huisdier
- koffiehuis
- huisvuil
- stadhuis
- huisbaas
- huiskat
- schijthuis
- moederhuis
- huistaak
- huismuis
- huisvrouw
- diaconessenhuis
- huisarrest
- landhuis
- gasthuis
- verbeterhuis
- huisschilder
- huisgod
- gekkenhuis
- gekhuis
- zothuis
- tuchthuis
- tuchthuisregent
- rijtjeshuis
- huisbrandolie
- huissleutel
- huisraad
- huiscavia
- huisgemaakt
- slachthuis
- geboortehuis
- lijkenhuis
- verpleeghuis
- trappenhuis
- huismus
- huiswaarts
- koophuis
- huurhuis
- huishoudster
- huisfeest
- mombakkes
- bakkes
- droomhuis
- kaartenhuis