SV: [gothic-l] Hansa

[Francisc Czobor]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "WILHELM OTTO" <wilhelm.otto at s...> 
wrote:
> 
> Hi Terje,
> Cabor wrote:
> as Tore already pointed out, "Hansa" is a common Germanic word, the
> reconstructed form being *hanso
> ...

My name is not "Cabor". My first name is Francisc, and my last name 
is Czobor.
This etymology for German Hanse (i.e., MLG hanse from Common-Gmc 
*hanso:, whence also Got. hansa, OHG hansa, OE hós, the basic meaning 
being "group of (armed) people") I have found in several etymological 
dictionaries. Please note that in MLG the meaning shifted 
to "fellowship, merchants' guild". According to the "Online Etymology 
Dictionary" (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php): "M.E. borrowed 
hanse from O.Fr. hanse, M.L. hansa (both from O.H.G.) in sense of "a 
company of merchants" (1199)."

Francisc Czobor






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