hous

See also: Hous and 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

(Issime) home

Related terms

housunh (“house”)

References

“hous” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Middle English

Noun

hous (plural hous or houses or housen)

Alternative spelling of hus

Pronoun

hous

(chiefly Southwest Midland dialect) Alternative form of us

References

“us (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.

Old French

Alternative forms

hus, huche, houche, huse, houce, houlx

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hulis (“holly”).

Noun

hous m (plural houx)

(botany) holly

Descendants

Middle French: hous, houx, houlx
- French: houx
Norman: housse (Jèrriais)
Picard: hoûx (Athois), oûch
Walloon: hoû (Charleroi), hoûssê (Forrières), hoûs

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