Where does “buinhoose” come from?

buinhoose (Scots) comes from Scots abuin, from Middle English aboven, from Old English ābufan, from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from Proto-West Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic ubanē, from Proto-Germanic upp.

buinhoose (Scots): A church

Definitions

  1. A church

Ancestry of “buinhoose”, step by step

buinhoose traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scots abuin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsabuinabove, overhead, in the sky, higher up
2Middle Englishabovenabove
3Old Englishābufanabove
4Old Englishbufanabove
5Proto-West Germanic*biobanā—
6Proto-West Germanic*obanāfrom above
7Proto-Germanicubanēfrom above
8Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
9Proto-Germanicubunder
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Scots hoose

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotshoosehouse
2Middle Englishhoushouse, residence; house of worship, temple;...
3Old Englishhūsdwelling, shelter, house; house
4Proto-West Germanichūshouse
5Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic ub →