From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, found across Germanic but nowhere else in IE — it gave rise to 'husband' (Old Norse 'house-dweller').
A building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper stories.
From Old English 'hūs,' from Proto-Germanic *hūsą, of disputed ultimate origin. One widely cited proposal connects it to PIE *(s)kews- (to cover, to hide), which also produced Latin 'custōs' (guard) and possibly 'cutis' (skin, covering). The original sense would have been 'a covering' or 'a shelter.' The word has cognates throughout Germanic but nowhere else, which leads some scholars