An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hütte

by Friedrich Kluge

Hütte, f., ‘cottage, hut, foundry, tent,’ from MidHG. hütte, OHG. hutta, f., ‘hut, tent’; a specifically HG. word which found its way into Du., E., and Rom.; comp. Du. hut, E. hut, Fr. hutte, ‘hut’ In Goth. perhaps *huþja, and related to AS. hŷdan, E. to hide (from *hûdjan), Teut. root hū̆d, from Aryan kū̆th, allied to Gr. κεὐθω?. Comp. Haus.