Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hūsą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuH-s-o-m, from *(s)kewH- (“cover, hide”), referring to a "covered shelter" > "house".^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxuː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*hūsą n

house

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hūsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hūsą	*hūsō
vocative	*hūsą	*hūsō
accusative	*hūsą	*hūsō
genitive	hūsas, hūsis	*hūsǫ̂
dative	*hūsai	*hūsamaz
instrumental	*hūsō	*hūsamiz

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hūs
- Old English: hūs
  - Middle English: hous, hus, hows, house
    - English: house (see there for further descendants)
    - Geordie English: hoose
    - Scots: hoose
    - Yola: heouse, houze, howze
- Old Frisian: hūs
  - North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: hüs
  - Saterland Frisian: Húus, Huus
  - West Frisian: hûs
- Old Saxon: hūs
  - Middle Low German: hûs
    - German Low German: Huus, Hus, Hûs, Hius
    - Dutch Low Saxon: huus, hoes (Achterhoeks, Drents, Gronings, Sallands, Twents)
    - Plautdietsch: Hus
- Old Dutch: hūs
  - Middle Dutch: huus
    - Dutch: huis
      - Afrikaans: huis
      - Javindo: guis, huis, geis, heis
      - Jersey Dutch: häus
      - Negerhollands: hoes, hus, huus
        → Virgin Islands Creole: hus (dated)
      - Petjo: heis
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: huis, hoose
    - Limburgish: hoes
- Old High German: hūs
  - Middle High German: hūs, hous
    - Alemannic German: Hus, Huus
      - Alsatian: Hüs
      - Walser: hus, hüs, husch, hüüsch, hous
    - Bavarian: Haus
      - Cimbrian: haus
      - Mòcheno: haus
      - Udinese: haus
    - Central Franconian: Haus (Moselle Franconian)
      - Hunsrik: Haus
      - Luxembourgish: Haus
      - Britten: ^[2]
    - Central Franconian: Huus (Ripuarian)
      - Kölsch: Huus ^[3]
    - German: Haus
    - Rhine Franconian:
      - Pennsylvania German: Haus
    - Vilamovian: haojs
    - Yiddish: הויז (hoyz)
Old Norse: hús
- Icelandic: hús
- Faroese: hús
- Norn: hus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hus
- Norwegian Bokmål: hus
- Elfdalian: aus
- Old Swedish: hūs
  - Swedish: hus
- Old Danish: hūs
  - Danish: hus
- Gutnish: heus
Crimean Gothic: hus
→ Proto-Slavic: *xyža (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hūsa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 260
^ Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.
^ “„Huus“, Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2019 July 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 July 2019

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hūsa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 260

[2] Besse, Maria. 2004. Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde.

[3] “„Huus“, Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2019 July 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 July 2019

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