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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
Related terms
[edit]- housunh (“house”)
References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology 1
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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)
- 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
[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
- (chiefly Southwest Midland dialect) Alternative form of us
Old French
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[edit]Borrowed from Frankish *hulis (“holly”).
Noun
[edit]hous m (plural houx)
Descendants
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- 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 derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH-
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- 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