hous
Alemannic German
Etymology
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
hous n
Related terms
- housunh (“house”)
References
- 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
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huːs/
Noun
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
Descendants
- English: house (see there for further descendants)
- English: (West Yorkshire) haase
- English: (Ottawa-Valley) heus, hous
- Geordie English: hoose
- Scots: hoose
- Yola: heouse, houze, howze
Etymology 2
Pronoun
hous
- (chiefly Southwest Midland dialect) alternative form of us
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *hulis (“holly”).
Noun
hous m (plural houx)