Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hosā

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 *husǭ.

Noun

*hosā f

1. outer cover, shell
2. leggings, trousers

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hosā
Genitive	*hosōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hosā	*hosōn
Accusative	*hosōn	*hosōn
Genitive	*hosōn	*hosōnō
Dative	*hosōn	*hosōm, *hosum
Instrumental	*hosōn	*hosōm, *hosum

Descendants

• Old English: hose, hosa, hosu
  • Middle English: hose, hoyse, hosa, hoose (all rare)
    • English: hose
    • Scots: hose, hoe
• Old Frisian: *hose
  • Saterland Frisian: Hoose
  • West Frisian: hoas
• Old Saxon: hosa
  • Middle Low German: hōse, hāse
    • German Low German: Hose, Hoos
• Old Dutch: *hosa
  • Middle Dutch: hōse
    • Dutch: hoos
• Old High German: hosa
  • Middle High German: hose
    • Cimbrian: hóoza
    • German: Hose
    • Luxembourgish: Hues
    • Yiddish: הויזן (hoyzn)
• → Late Latin: hosae (see there for further descendants)