hous
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 edit
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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Frankish *hulis (“holly”).
Noun edit
hous m (plural houx)