Where does “Hieskje” come from?

Hieskje (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Hus, from Middle Low German hûs, from Old Saxon hūs, from Proto-West Germanic hūs, from Proto-Germanic hūsą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

Hieskje (Plautdietsch): outdoor toilet, outhouse

Definitions

  1. outdoor toilet, outhouse

Ancestry of “Hieskje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHushouse
2Middle Low Germanhûs—
3Old Saxonhūshouse
4Proto-West Germanichūshouse
5Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūs →