Χονσά

robber-band

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 1 Apr 2008 · Vetting: high · 10 revisions

Translation

Among Bulgars¹ thieves [are so called].

Greek original

Χονσά· παρὰ Βουλγάροις οἱ κλέπται.

Betacode

*xonsa/: para\ *boulga/rois oi( kle/ptai.

Notes (1)

According to Professor Victor A. Friedman, the headword xonsa/ occurs in Russian Church Slavonic. It also occurs in Russian and Old Serbo-Croatian as chusa and in Old Polish as chąsa. It is a borrowing from Gothic hansa 'crowd' and in Russian means 'ambush'; in Old Serbo-Croatian and Old Polish 'robbery'.
Despite the plural in the gloss, the form of the headword is a nominative singular a-stem. The TLG finds no attestation in Greek besides here; the derivative xonsa/rioi appears in the Strategicon of the 11th c. tactician Cecaumenus.
1beta 423.

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References

Max Vasmer, Ėtimologicheskii slovar' russkogo ︠i︡azyka. Perevod s nemetskogo i dopolneni︠i︡a O.N. Trubacheva, vol.4, Moscow 1973.

Neighbours in Adler order

χ389ΧόναςChones χ390Χονδρίτηςgranular, groaty, mealy χ391Χόνδροςgristle; grain χ392Χονσάrobber-band χ393Χοόςpitcher χ394Χοόςof a chous χ395Χόρδευεmince; make sausages

Revisions (10)

7 Jun 2023Catharine Rothexpanded note
30 Nov 2014Catharine Rothtypo
12 Nov 2013David Whiteheadx-ref; tweaking
30 Jan 2010Catharine Roth
30 Jan 2010Catharine Roth
30 Jan 2010Catharine Rothmodified note with information provided by Professor Victor A. Friedman
2 Apr 2008David Whiteheadcosmetics
1 Apr 2008Catharine Rothtypo
1 Apr 2008Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Notes (1)

According to Professor Victor A. Friedman, the headword xonsa/ occurs in Russian Church Slavonic. It also occurs in Russian and Old Serbo-Croatian as chusa and in Old Polish as chąsa. It is a borrowing from Gothic hansa 'crowd' and in Russian means 'ambush'; in Old Serbo-Croatian and Old Polish 'robbery'.
Despite the plural in the gloss, the form of the headword is a nominative singular a-stem. The TLG finds no attestation in Greek besides here; the derivative xonsa/rioi appears in the Strategicon of the 11th c. tactician Cecaumenus.

1beta 423.