Etymograph

English

Hanseatic

Hanseatic comes from Medieval Latin hanseaticus ‘of or concerning a Hanse’, from Old High German hansa ‘troop, company’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱómsōd ‘union, gathering’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱómsōd‘union, gathering’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hansō‘a gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hansu‘crowd, company’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hansa‘troop, company’
  5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500same form‘a Hanse’
  6. Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500hanseaticus‘of or concerning a Hanse’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1911Hanseatic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱómsōd‘union, gathering’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hansō‘a gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hansu‘crowd, company’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hansa‘troop, company’
  5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500same form‘a Hanse’
  6. Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500hanseaticus‘of or concerning a Hanse’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1911Hanseatic

Earliest quotation: 1911, Bergen: “The Hanseatic museum is housed in a carefully-preserved gaard,…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱómsōd

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to the German Hanse.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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