Place-name evidence for the history of modern English hut (Etymology)

Authors
Hough, C
Citation
C. Hough, Place-name evidence for the history of modern English hut (Etymology), NEOPHILOLOG, 84(4), 2000, pp. 627-628
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Language & Linguistics
Journal title
NEOPHILOLOGUS
ISSN journal
00282677 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
627 - 628
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-2677(200010)84:4<627:PEFTHO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Citations of hut in the Oxford English Dictionary are substantially ante-da ted by occurrences of the word in the place-names Hutfall and The Hutt. The place-name evidence also demonstrates that the sense a dwelling of ruder a nd meaner construction . . . than a house is earlier than the sense a woode n structure for the temporary housing of troops.