Åns

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ans"

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German Hans, which is a shortened form of Johannes, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒns/

Proper noun

Åns m ?

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

   Synonyms: Ånsă, Ånskă

2. (biblical) John the Baptist

   Synonyms: Ånsă, Ånskă

References

• Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “Åns”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 21
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “Åns”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Óans”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 702