Etymology

hut

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Today it means: A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials. Full definition →

Middle English *hutte ← Old English hōd ← Anglo-Norman hute
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hut · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kewt-“to deck; cover; covering; skin”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hudjǭ
  3. Old High German · derived fromhutta“hut, cottage”
  4. Old French · derived fromhute“hut”
  5. Middle French · derived fromhutte
  6. Anglo-Norman · derived fromhute
  7. Old English · inherited fromhōd
  8. Middle English · inherited from*hutte
  9. English todayhut

From Middle English *hutte, hotte, from both Old English hōd and Old English hȳdan (“to hide”) and influenced by Anglo-Norman hute or hutte, from Middle French hutte, from Old French hute (“hut”), hute (“cottage”), from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō (“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”). Cognate with German Hütte (“hut”), Dutch hut (“hut”), West Frisian hutte (“hut”), Saterland Frisian Hutte (“hut”), Danish hytte (“hut”), Norwegian Bokmål hytte (“hut”), Swedish hydda (“hut”). Related to hide.

hut · interjection2

A short, sharp sound of command. Compare hey, hup, etc.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhōd all →

hoodhodder

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