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Where does “hūsōn” come from?

hūsōn (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic hūsōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Ancestry of “hūsōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichūsōnąto house
2Proto-Germanic-ōnąCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
3Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “hūsōn”

  • haus
  • haust
  • hause
  • hausen
  • hūsen
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