Where does “Stedenhanze” come from?
Stedenhanze (Dutch) comes from Middle English hanze, from Middle Dutch hanse, from Old Dutch hansa, from Proto-Germanic *hansu, from Proto-Germanic hansō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Stedenhanze (Dutch): Hanseatic League of Cities loose association of the governments of towns and cities aligned with the Hanseatic League
Definitions
- Hanseatic League of Cities loose association of the governments of towns and cities aligned with the Hanseatic League
Ancestry of “Stedenhanze”, step by step
Stedenhanze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English hanze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hanze | — |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hanse | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | hansa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *hansu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |