From: bmscotttg
Message: 65491
Date: 2009-12-03
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Trond Engen <trond@...> wrote:
[...]
> Thinking of it, there's an ON neuter noun <hjó(n)> "servant (mostly
> used collectively); (in plural) spouses". I don't know the etymology,
> but it seems to be related, indicating a separate formation *hý-
> based on the s-less root of the "house" word.
Pokorny (539) puts it under *k^ei-1 'liegen; Lager, Heimstätte, traut,
lieb (von derselben Siedlung)', along with <hýbýli>, <herað>, and
<hýrr>. Köbler suggests a further connection with <hýski> 'household,
family' and <heimr>.
Brian