Hanse
German (Berlin)
/ˈhanzə/
noun
Definitions
- (historic) a kind of commercial, and sometimes military, confederation of cities in the later Middle Ages; in particular the Hanseatic League of northern Germany
- (by analogy) any similar confederation based first and foremost on commercial interests
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German hanse (guild) inherited from Old High German hansa (guild, community, group) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hansō (crowd, gathering, coalition, gang of men) derived from Middle Low German hanse (Hanseatic League, guild).
Origin
Middle Low German
hanse
Gloss
Hanseatic League, guild
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hansa Finnish
- hansakauppias Finnish
- hansakaupunki Finnish
- hansaliitto Finnish
- complēre Latin
- conglomerātus Latin
- consistens Latin
- conventiculum Latin
- conventus Latin
- cum Latin
- hansa Latin
- Hanseat German
- Hansestadt German
- Stadt German
- hanseatisch German
- hansisch German
- κοινός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίκοινος Ancient Greek
- *-teh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *sem-, *som- Proto-Indo-European
- *stísteh₂ti Proto-Indo-European
- *swe-dʰh₁-sk- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱómsōd Proto-Indo-European
- *ga- Proto-Germanic
- *gagną Proto-Germanic
- *hansō Proto-Germanic
- hos Old English
- hanse Old French
- hansa Old High German
- co Old Irish
- leor Old Irish
- hanse Middle High German
- gain Middle French
- 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌰 Gothic
- -ga Estonian
- kaasa Estonian
- kaasas Estonian
- *kansa Proto-Finnic
- *kanta Proto-Celtic
- *kom Proto-Celtic
- *kom- Proto-Celtic
- *komangus Proto-Celtic
- *komingus Proto-Celtic
- *komingus, *kom-ingus Proto-Celtic
- hanse Middle Low German
- *kom Proto-Italic
- *komterād Proto-Italic
- *śun Proto-Balto-Slavic