An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Hülse

by Friedrich Kluge

Hülse, feminine, ‘shell, husk,’ from the equivalent Middle High German hülse, hülsche, Old High German hulsa, for *hulisa (Gothic *hulisi or *huluzi), feminine, ‘shell’; from the root hél, hul (see hehlen, Hülle), like Gothic jukuzi, feminine, ‘yoke,’ or aqizi, feminine, ‘axe’ (see Axt), in Anglo-Saxon without the suffix s, hulu, ‘pod, husk.’