Where does “Hus” come from?

Hus comes from Czech Hus, the surname of Jan Hus, the 15th-century Bohemian religious reformer and martyr whose name became synonymous with his reform movement.

Hus (English): notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer

Definitions

  1. notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer

Ancestry of “Hus”, step by step

Hus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch huis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchhuisA house, home, residence; A genealogical house,...
2DutchraadAn advice, counsel; A council, board, body which...
3Middle Dutchrâet
4Old Dutchrāt
5Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
6Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Czech husa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechhusagoose; stupid woman; female goose
2Proto-Slavicgǫ̑sьgoose
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₂énsgoose

via German haus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaussingular imperative of hausen; first-person...
2Middle High Germanhūshouse
3Old High Germanhūshouse

Words derived from “Hus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-