Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hansu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hansō.

Noun

*hansu f

  1. company, crowd

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *hansu
Genitive *hansā
Singular Plural
Nominative *hansu *hansō
Accusative *hansā *hansā
Genitive *hansā *hansō
Dative *hansē *hansōm, *hansum
Instrumental *hansu *hansōm, *hansum

Descendants

  • Old English: hōs
  • Old Saxon: hansa, *hensa
    • Middle Low German: hanse, hense (> hensich)
      • (→ Old Frisian: hensoch)
    • → Latin: hansa
      • → Old English: *hanse, *hans
        • ⇒ Old English: *hanshūs
          • → Medieval Latin: hanshus (Anglo-Latin)
      • → English: Hanse
      • → French: Hanse
  • Old Dutch: *hansa, *hensa
  • Old High German: hansa
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