hous
Alemannic German
Etymology
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
hous n
Related terms
- housunh (“house”)
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English 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
Pronunciation
Noun
hous (plural hous or houses or housen)
- house, residence
- 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
Descendants
- English: house, howse (obsolete)
- Chinese Pidgin English: houso
- Nigerian Pidgin: haus
- Tok Pisin: haus
- Sranan Tongo: oso
- → Dutch: osso
- → Cantonese: house (hau1 si2)
- → Japanese: ハウス (hausu)
- Northumbrian: hoose
- Scots: hoose
- Yola: heouse, houze
Etymology 2
From Old English ūs.
Pronoun
hous
- (chiefly Southwest Midland dialect) Alternative form of us
References
- “us (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *hulis (“holly”).
Noun
hous m (plural houx)
Descendants
Categories:
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German nouns
- Alemannic German neuter nouns
- Issime Walser
- gsw:Buildings
- gsw:Housing
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English terms with quotations
- Middle English pronouns
- Southern Middle English
- enm:Buildings
- enm:Household
- enm:Housing
- enm:Places of worship
- Old French terms borrowed from Frankish
- Old French terms derived from Frankish
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- fro:Plants