Husk

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late Middle English: probably from Low German hūske ‘sheath’, literally ‘little house’.

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From Middle English huske(“husk”). Perhaps from Old English*husuc, *hosuc(“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu(“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ, *hausaz(“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European*kawəs- / kawes-(“cover”). If so, equivalent to hose +‎ -ock.

Alternatively from Middle Low German hūske(n)(“little house, sheath”), Middle Dutch hūskijn(“little house, core of fruit, case”), diminutive of hūs(“house”). Compare Dutch huisje, German Häuschen, both also used for “ snailshell”.

Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by husky.

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husk (n.)

late 14c., huske "dry, outer skin of certain fruits and seeds," of unknown origin. "A common word since c 1400 of which no earlier trace has been found" [OED]. Perhaps from Middle Dutch huuskyn "little house, core of fruit, case," diminutive of huus "house," or from an equivalent formation in English (see house (n.)).

husk (v.)

"strip off the husks of," 1560s, from husk (n.). Related: Husked; husking.