Where does “Haus” come from?

Haus (Pennsylvania German) 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.

Haus (Pennsylvania German): house

Definitions

  1. house

Ancestry of “Haus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhūshouse
2Proto-West Germanichūshouse
3Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “Haus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūs →