Ånsă
See also: ans, Ans, äns, åns, ans., and -áns
Polabian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German Hans, which is a shortened form of Johannes, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān).
Proper noun
Ånsă m (diminutive Ånskă)
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
- Synonym: Åns
- (biblical) John the Baptist
- Synonym: Åns
- Ånsă dan ― St. John's Day
References
- Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński; Kazimierz Polański (1962), “Ånsə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological dictionary of the Polabian Drevani language] (in Polish), volume 1: A — Ďüzd, Wrocław – Warszawa – Kraków: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, page 21
- Kazimierz Polański; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “Ånsă”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
- Reinhold Olesch (1962), “Ansa”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volume 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 5