Old English · noun
spichus
Normalised spiċhūs
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈspit͡ʃˌxuːs/[ˈspit͡ʃˌhuːs]
- Syllables
- ˈspit͡ʃ · ˌxuːs (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- larderstorage
Meaning
-
larder (room used for food storage)
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *spikahūs, equivalent to spiċ (“lard”) + hūs (“house”). Cognate with Old High German spekhūs, spechūs (“larder”).
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