Where does “Hus” come from?

Hus (Plautdietsch) comes 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.

Hus (Plautdietsch): house

Definitions

  1. house

Ancestry of “Hus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhûs—
2Old Saxonhūshouse
3Proto-West Germanichūshouse
4Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “Hus”

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