jarðhús
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *erþahūsą. By surface analysis, jǫrð (“earth”) + hús (“house”).
Noun
jarðhús n
- underground room or passage
Declension
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | jarðhús | jarðhúsit | jarðhús | jarðhúsin |
| accusative | jarðhús | jarðhúsit | jarðhús | jarðhúsin |
| dative | jarðhúsi | jarðhúsinu | jarðhúsum | jarðhúsunum |
| genitive | jarðhús | jarðhúsins | jarðhúsa | jarðhúsanna |
Descendants
- Faroese: jarðhús
- Icelandic: jarðhús
- → Russian: я́рус (járus)
- → Azerbaijani: yarus
- → Yakut: дьаарыс (jaarıs)
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “jarðhús”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive