Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hūs

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Noun

*hūs n

1. house

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hūs
Genitive	*hūsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hūs	*hūsu
Accusative	*hūs	*hūsu
Genitive	*hūsas	*hūsō
Dative	*hūsē	*hūsum
Instrumental	*hūsu	*hūsum

Derived terms

• *hūsalauk

Related terms

• *hūsijan
• *hūsōn
• *wardahūs

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)