Ånsă

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).

Ånsă m (diminutive Ånskă)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

   Synonym: Åns

2. (biblical) John the Baptist

   Synonym: Åns

   Ånsă dan ― St. John's Day

• Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “Ånsə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), issue 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 21
• Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “Ånsă”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Ansa”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volume 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 5