housen
Middle English
/ˈhuːzən/
verb
Definitions
- To shelter, give accomodation
- To look for shelter
- To house, store
- To build, construct (especially referring to houses)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hūsian (receive into one's house, shelter, house) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hūsōną (dwell, house, live) affix from Middle English hous (house).
Origin
Middle English
hous
Gloss
house
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
家
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hoose English
- house English
- housen English
- *hūsōną Proto-Germanic
- hūs Old English
- hūsian Old English
- bakhows Middle English
- bochous Middle English
- brewhous Middle English
- hous Middle English
- houshold Middle English
- housyng Middle English
- husbonde Middle English
- huswif Middle English
- jewell hous Middle English
- salthous Middle English
- hūsōn Old High German
- *hūson Old Dutch
- hoose Scots