hoose

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hūsą“house”
2. Old English · inherited fromhūs“dwelling, shelter, house”
3. Middle English · inherited fromhous
4. English todayhoose

From a dialectal spelling of house, from Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”). Compare Scots hoose.

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