husk
English
/hʌsk/
noun
Definitions
- The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
- Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
- The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English huske (husk) inherited from Old English *hosuc, *husuc (sheath, little covering) derived from Proto-Germanic *husōn derived from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (cover) derived from Middle Low German hūske(n), hūsken (little house, sheath) derived from Middle Dutch hūskijn.
Origin
Middle Dutch
hūskijn
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- corn English
- cornhusk English
- cornhusker English
- cornhusking English
- dehusk English
- dehusker English
- husker English
- huskily English
- huskiness English
- huskless English
- husklessness English
- husklike English
- husky English
- unhusk English
- Haus German
- Häuschen German
- Toilettenhäuschen German
- huisje Dutch, Flemish
- huisjesmelker Dutch, Flemish
- huisjesslak Dutch, Flemish
- kompashuisje Dutch, Flemish
- *kawəs- / kawes- Proto-Indo-European
- husky Norwegian Bokmål
- *husōn Proto-Germanic
- ハスキー Japanese
- husky Norwegian Nynorsk
- *hosuc, *husuc Old English
- huske Middle English
- hysgi Welsh
- hūskijn Middle Dutch
- 哈士奇 Chinese
- hūske(n), hūsken Middle Low German