Where does “Huus” come from?

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

Huus (Central Franconian): house

Definitions

  1. house

Ancestry of “Huus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhūshouse
2Proto-West Germanichūshouse
3Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūs →
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