An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Hut
Hut (1), masculine, ‘hat,’ from Middle High German and Old High German huot (genitive huotes), masculine, ‘hat, cap, helmet’; compare Dutch hoed, Anglo-Saxon hôd, English hood. It is most closely allied to Anglo-Saxon hœtt, English hat, and the equivalent Old Icelandic hǫttr; in Gothic both *hôþs and *hattus are wanting. It is probably connected more remotely with Lithuanian kǔdas, ‘tuft (of hair, &c.), crest of a cock,’ and perhaps also with the Teutonic root had, hôd, in the two following words.
Hut (2.), feminine, ‘heed, care, guard,’ from Middle High German huot, huote, feminine, Old High German huota, feminine, ‘oversight and foresight as a preventive against harm, care, guard’; Dutch hoede, ‘foresight, protection.’ To this is allied