jarðhús

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erþahūsą. By surface analysis, jǫrð (“earth”) +‎ hús (“house”).

Noun

jarðhús n

1. underground room or passage

Declension

Declension of jarðhús (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jarðhús	jarðhúsit	jarðhús	jarðhúsin
accusative	jarðhús	jarðhúsit	jarðhús	jarðhúsin
dative	jarðhúsi	jarðhúsinu	jarðhúsum	jarðhúsunum
genitive	jarðhús	jarðhúsins	jarðhúsa	jarðhúsanna

Descendants

• Faroese: jarðhús
• Icelandic: jarðhús
• → Russian: я́рус (járus)
  • → Azerbaijani: yarus
  • → Yakut: дьаарыс (jaarıs)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “jarðhús”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive