From: tgpedersen
Message: 54446
Date: 2008-03-01
>Erh...
> People have speculated it's from Celtic, but the
> postings I've seen don't offer any Celtic cognates, so
> that sounds sketchy
> It looks as if it could possibly be related to English
> house, but the vowels are off --aren't they?
> If it is related to English house, and to nothing else
> --maybe some substrate picked up when both are
> neighbors somewhere in E or C. Europe
>