Where does “Reihenhaus” come from?

Reihenhaus (German) comes from German haus, 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.

Reihenhaus (German): terraced house, townhouse, row house type of house which shares both sidewalls with the adjacent houses

Definitions

  1. terraced house, townhouse, row house type of house which shares both sidewalls with the adjacent houses

Ancestry of “Reihenhaus”, step by step

Reihenhaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German haus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaussingular imperative of hausen; first-person...
2Middle High Germanhūshouse
3Old High Germanhūshouse
4Proto-West Germanichūshouse
5Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via German Reihe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReiherow; rank, succession, series, sequence, range;...
2Middle High Germanrīherow, line, corridor
3Old High Germanrigaline
4Proto-Germanicrīgǭrow, line
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reyk-to scratch, cut

Words derived from “Reihenhaus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →