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

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kews-, from *(s)kew- (“cover, hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*hūsą n

1. 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

• *bōþlą
• *razną

Derived terms

• *hūsalaukaz
• *hūsalausaz
• *hūsijaną
• *hūsōną

Descendants

• 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:
      • Moselle Franconian: Hous
        • Britten: [haʊ̯s]
        • Hunsrückisch:
          • Hunsrik: Haus
      • Ripuarian: Huus
        • Kölsch: Huus [huːs]
    • German: Haus
    • Luxembourgish: 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
• Gothic: *𐌷𐌿𐍃 (*hus) (attested in 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌷𐌿𐍃 (gudhus))
• Crimean Gothic: hus
• → Proto-Slavic: *xyzъ, *xyza
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Carpathian Rusyn: хыжа (xŷža)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: хижа (hiža)
    • Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: хи̏жа

      Latin script: hȉža

      • Slavomolisano: hiža
    • Slovene: híša
  • West Slavic:
    • Slovak: chyža
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: chěža