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haus.

head

4 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈhœiːs]
  1. head

    masculine
  2. skull

    masculine
  3. header (text area at the top of a page)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hauss, from Proto-Germanic *hausaz, cognate with Lithuanian kiáušė (“skul”), Latvian kaûss (“cup”); from the same basic Proto-Indo-European root as hodd (“treasure”), hosa (“tube”) and hús (“house”).

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