Where does “Hansestadt” come from?
Hansestadt (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Hansestadt (German): Hanseatic city
Definitions
- Hanseatic city
Ancestry of “Hansestadt”, step by step
Hansestadt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German hanse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Middle High German | hanse | guild |
| 3 | Old High German | hansa | group; community; guild |
| 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,... |
via German Stadt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 2 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 3 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |