hansa

Ultimately from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá, “swan, goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰansós, genitive of *ǵʰáns (“goose”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Compare gansa.

• Hyphenation: han‧sa

hansa

1. a swan

• Hansa

From German Hanse (“Hanseatic League”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑnsɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): han‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): han‧sa

hansa

1. (historical) the Hanseatic League, the Hansa

• “hansa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• ahnas, nahas, sahan

hansa

1. romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌰

hansa

1. h-prothesized form of ansa

hansa

1. Rōmaji transcription of はんさ

From Old High German hansa, from Proto-West Germanic *hansu (“band or company”). Cognate with Old English hōs (“company, band”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhãː.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈan.sa]

hansa f (genitive hansae); first declension

1. a Hanse; a commercial or military alliance of cities such as formerly existed in northern Europe

First-declension noun.

• hanseaticus

• → Old English: *hanse, *hans
  • ⇒ Old English: *hanshūs
    • → Medieval Latin: hanshus (Anglo-Latin)
• → English: Hanse
• → French: Hanse

• Hyphenation: han‧sa

hansa f (plural hansas)

1. (historical) Hanse (guild of merchants around the Baltic coast)