hetman.
queen (chess piece)
Meaning & usage
queen (chess piece)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudąder. Proto-Germanic *haubidą Proto-West Germanic *haubidder. Proto-West Germanic *haubida- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann Old High German houbitman Middle High German houbetman / heuptmanbor. Old Polish hetman Polish hetman Inherited from Old Polish hetman, borrowed from Middle High German houbetman / heuptman, from Old High German houbitman. The e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-.
Cossack military commander
title used by the senior military commanders in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (15th to 18th century)
any sort of military leader
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudąder. Proto-Germanic *haubidą Proto-West Germanic *haubidder. Proto-West Germanic *haubida- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann Old High German houbitman Middle High German houbetman / heuptmanbor. Old Polish hetman Polish hetman Inherited from Old Polish hetman, borrowed from Middle High German houbetman / heuptman, from Old High German houbitman. The e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-.
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