Where does “Hanseatic city” come from?
Hanseatic city (English) comes from German Hansestadt, from German hanse, from Middle High German hanse, from Old High German hansa, from Proto-Germanic *hansu, from Proto-Germanic hansō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Hanseatic city (English): A member city of the Hanseatic League; A former...
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- A member city of the Hanseatic League; A former...
Ancestry of “Hanseatic city”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Hansestadt | Hanseatic city |
| 2 | German | hanse | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | hanse | guild |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |