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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hansō.

Noun edit

*hansu f

company, crowd

Inflection edit

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 edit

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