Where does “haus” come from?

haus (Bavarian) comes from Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic hūs, from Proto-Germanic hūsą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

haus (Bavarian): house

Definitions

  1. house

Ancestry of “haus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhūshouse
2Old High Germanhūshouse
3Proto-West Germanichūshouse
4Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “haus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūs →