The story
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*hansu“crowd, company”
- Old High German · derived fromhansa“troop, company”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromhanseaticus
- English todayHanseatic
From Medieval Latin hanseaticus, from hansa, of Germanic origin, from Old High German hansa (“troop, company”), from Proto-West Germanic *hansu (“crowd, company”).
Words from the same roots
Old High Germanhansa all →
hanse
Proto-West Germanic*hansu all →
hanse
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.