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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xǫsa, from Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌰 (hansa). First attested in 1387.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /xɑ̃sa/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /xɑ̃sa/
Noun
chąsa f
- (attested in Greater Poland) band (group of thieves or highwaymen)
1887, 1889 [1387], Józef Lekszycki, editor, Die ältesten großpolnischen Grodbücher, volume I, number 256, Poznań:Trzebeslaow lud otbil chanse Andrzegeui kone- [Trzebieslaow lud otbił chąsie Andrzejewy konie]
Derived terms
References
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “chąsa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “chąsa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN