Where does “hut” come from?

hut (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hūdi, from Proto-Germanic hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

hut (Old Dutch): skin

Definitions

  1. skin

Ancestry of “hut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichūdiskin
2Proto-Germanichūdizhide, skin
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūdiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūdi →