From: Rick McCallister
Message: 54467
Date: 2008-03-02
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister____________________________________________________________________________________
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> According to Etymology Online it goes back to PGmc
> *xusan. I don't
> know if that helps any.
>
>