Where does “Hänselei” come from?
Hänselei (German) comes from German hänseln, 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.
Hänselei (German): teasing
Definitions
- teasing
Ancestry of “Hänselei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hänseln | to tease; to initiate |
| 2 | German | hanse | a guild; a kind of commercial, and sometimes military, confederation of cities in the later Middle Ages; in particular the Hanseatic League of northern Germany |
| 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 | 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 |