hous

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Alemannic German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with German Haus, Dutch huis, English house, Icelandic hús.

Noun[edit]

hous n

  1. (Issime) home

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

    Etymology tree

    Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-

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    Proto-Indo-European *-s

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    Proto-Germanic *hūsą


    Proto-West Germanic *hūs


    Old English hūs


    Middle English hous

    From Old English hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

    Cognate with Dutch huis, German Low German Huus, German Haus, Danish hus, Faroese hús, Icelandic hús, Norwegian Bokmål hus, Norwegian Nynorsk hus, Swedish hus.

    Alternative forms[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    hous (plural hous or houses or housen)

    1. house, residence
    2. house of worship, temple
      • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “2 Paralipomenon 6:29”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
        […] if ony of þi puple Iſrael biſechiþ, and knowiþ his veniaunce and ſikenesse, and if he ſpꝛediþ abꝛood hiſe hondis in þis hows […]
        […] If any of your people Israel prays, and knows their destruction and disease, and spreads his hands to this temple […]
    Derived terms[edit]
    Descendants[edit]
    • English: house (see there for further descendants)
    • Geordie English: hoose
    • Scots: hoose
    • Yola: heouse, houze, howze

    Etymology 2[edit]

    From Old English ūs.

    Pronoun[edit]

    hous

    1. (chiefly Southwest Midland dialect) Alternative form of us

    Old French[edit]

    Alternative forms[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Borrowed from Frankish *hulis (“holly”).

    Noun[edit]

    hous m (plural houx)

    1. (botany) holly

    Descendants[edit]

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