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
    • → English: Hansa
• Old Dutch: *hansa, *hensa
  • Middle Dutch: hanse, hense
    • Dutch: hanze
• Old High German: hansa
  • Middle High German: hanse, hans
    • German: Hanse
      • → English: Hanse
  • → Old French: hanse
    • Middle French: hanse, hanze
      • French: hanse
    • → Middle English: hanse
      • English: hanse