*hansō

Runic: ᚺᚨᚾᛊᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑn.sɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount
A coalition, crowd, multitude, troop

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱómsōd (‘union, gathering’), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (‘beside, by, with, along’) + Proto-Indo-European *sed- (‘to sit’). Cognate with Latin consilium (‘council, advisory body’); < *consodium, Russian сосе́д (soséd, ‘neighbour’).

Alternative etymology suggests possible derivation from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ken-, *(s)kend- (‘to split off, secede’). If so, then related to *skinþą.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hansō	hansôz
Acc.	hansǭ	hansōz
Gen.	hansōz	hansǫ̂
Dat.	hansōi	hansōmaz
Inst.	hansō	hansōmiz
Voc.	hansō	hansôz

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Descendants

*hansu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hōs (Old English)
*hansu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hansa, *hensa (Old Dutch)
  - hanse, hense (Middle Dutch)
    - hanze (Dutch)
*hansu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hansa (Old High German)
  - hanse, hans (Middle High German)
    - Hanse (German)
      - Hanse (English)
*hansu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hansa (Old High German)
  - hanse (Old French)
    - hanse (Middle English)
      - hanse (English)
*hansu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hansa (Old High German)
  - hanse (Old French)
    - hanse, hanze (Middle French)
      - hanse (French)
*hansu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hansa, *hensa (Old Saxon)
  - hansa (Latin)
    - Hanse, Hansa (English)
    - Hanse (French)
*hansu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hansa, *hensa (Old Saxon)
  - hansa (Latin)
    - *hanse, *hans (Old English)
      - *hanshūs (Old English)
        
        hanshus (Medieval Latin)
*hansu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hansa, *hensa (Old Saxon)
  - hanse, hense, hensich (Middle Low German)
    - hensoch (Old Frisian)
𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌰 (hansa) (Gothic)
*kuossē (Proto-Samic)
*kansa (Proto-Finnic)

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