Etymograph

English

hoose

Hoose comes from Middle English hous ‘house, residence’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hūsą1‘house’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hūs2reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hūs1‘dwelling, shelter, house’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hous1‘house, residence’
  5. Englishtodayhoose1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English hoose
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old English hus

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hūsąWiktionary, English hoose‘house’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hūsWiktionary, Old English husreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hūsWiktionary, English hoose‘dwelling, shelter, house’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500housWiktionary, English hoose‘house, residence’
  5. EnglishtodayhooseWiktionary, English hoose

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *hūsą ‘house’

housing, 2 more

through Middle English hous ‘house, residence’

house

Today it means

noun house

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “hoose”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Old English hus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hūsą / hoose

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