Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hosā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *husǭ.

Noun

*hosā f

outer cover, shell
leggings, trousers

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hosā
Genitive	*hosōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hosā	*hosōn
Accusative	*hosōn	*hosōn
Genitive	*hosōn	*hosōnō
Dative	*hosōn	hosōm, hosum
Instrumental	*hosōn	hosōm, hosum

Descendants

Old English: hose, hosa, hosu
- Middle English: hose, hoyse, hosa, hoose (all rare)
  - English: hose
  - Scots: hose, hoe
Old Frisian: *hose
- Saterland Frisian: Hoose
- West Frisian: hoas
Old Saxon: hosa
- Middle Low German: hōse, hāse
  - German Low German: Hose, Hoos
Old Dutch: *hosa
- Middle Dutch: hōse
  - Dutch: hoos
    - Afrikaans: hoos
Old High German: hosa
- Middle High German: hose
  - Cimbrian: hóoza
  - German: Hose
  - Luxembourgish: Hues
  - Yiddish: הויזן (hoyzn)
→ Late Latin: hosae (see there for further descendants)