Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hansu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

company, crowd

Inflection

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

Descendants

Old English: hōs
Old Saxon: *hansa, *hensa
- Middle Low German: hanse, hense (> hensich)
  - (→ Old Frisian: hensoch)
  - → Latin: hansa
    - → English: Hansa
Old Dutch: *hansa
- Middle Dutch: hanse
  - Dutch: hanze
Old High German: hansa
- Middle High German: hanse, hans
  - German: Hanse
    - → English: Hanse
- → Old French: hanse
  - Middle French: hanse
    - French: hanse
  - → Middle English: hanse
    - English: hanse