Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/husǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Probably a nominal formation from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewHs-, an s-extension of *(s)kewH- (“to cover, bewrap”),[1] though Orel is implicitly skeptical and leaves the origin open.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxu.sɔ̃ː/

Noun

*husǭ f[2]

  1. an outer covering; hull; shell; husk; case
  2. covering for the legs; leggings, trousers

Inflection

Declension of *husǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *husǭ *husōniz
vocative *husǭ *husōniz
accusative *husōnų *husōnunz
genitive *husōniz *husōnǫ̂
dative *husōni *husōmaz
instrumental *husōnē *husōmiz
  • *hausaz
  • *husō
  • *husô

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hosā
    • 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
    • Old Dutch: *hosa
    • Old High German: hosa
    • → Late Latin: hosae (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: hosa

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Hose”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xusōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195
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