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mid 16th century (in the sense ‘temporary wooden shelter for troops’): from French hutte, from Middle High German hütte .

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From Middle English *hutte, hotte, borrowed from Old French hutte, hute(“cottage”), from Old High German hutta(“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō(“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt-(“to deck; cover; covering; skin”). Cognate with German Hütte(“hut”), Dutch hut(“hut”), West Frisian hutte(“hut”), Saterland Frisian Hutte(“hut”), Danish hytte(“hut”), Norwegian Bokmål hytte(“hut”), Swedish hytta(“hut”). Related to hide.

A short, sharp sound of command. Compare hey, hup, etc.

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hut (n.)

1650s, from French hutte "a cottage" (16c.), from Middle High German hütte "cottage, hut," probably from Proto-Germanic *hudjon-, which is related to the root of Old English hydan "to hide," from PIE *keudh-, from root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal." Apparently first in English as a military word. Old Saxon hutta, Danish hytte, Swedish hytta, Frisian and Middle Dutch hutte, Dutch hut are said to be from High German.