Where does “hus” come from?

hus (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish [[hus, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic hūsą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

hus (Swedish): a house; a building where people live or work; a...

Definitions

  1. a house; a building where people live or work; a...

Ancestry of “hus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedish[[hus
2Old Norsehúshouse
3Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “hus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-
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