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Where does “Hanse” come from?

Hanse (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Hanse (German): a kind of commercial, and sometimes military,...

Definitions

  1. a kind of commercial, and sometimes military,...

Ancestry of “Hanse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhanseguild
2Old High Germanhansagroup; community; guild
3Proto-Germanic*hansu—
4Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
8Middle Englishkyt—
9Germankitt—
10Old High Germankuti—
11Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
12Proto-Germanickweduzresin
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
14Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “Hanse”

  • Hanseatic city
  • hänseln
  • hansisch
  • hanseatisch
  • Hanseat
  • Hansestadt
  • hansakauppias
  • hansaliitto
  • hansa
  • hänselen
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