housing

(Îngilîzî)

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house

Pircarînî

C1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).

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