Where does “Hanse” come from?
Hanse comes from Middle English hanse, from Old French hanse, from Medieval Latin hansa, from Old High German hansa, from Proto-Germanic hansō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd.
Hanse (English): A merchant guild, "particularly" the Fellowship...
Definitions
- A merchant guild, "particularly" the Fellowship...
Ancestry of “Hanse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hanse | — |
| 2 | Old French | hanse | guild; guild fee; merchant guild; membership fee... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | hansa | — |
| 4 | Old High German | hansa | group; community; guild |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hansu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |