The story
- Old Norse · derived fromhúskarl
- Old English · inherited fromhūscarl
- Middle English · inherited fromhouscarl
- English todayhousecarl
From Middle English houscarl, from Old English hūscarl, from Old Norse húskarl, equivalent to house + carl. Cognate with Old English hūsċeorl, Old Frisian hūskerl.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.