Where does “samoděržaví” come from?
samoděržaví (Czech) comes from Russian самодержа́вие, from Russian само́-, from Russian сам, from Old East Slavic самъ, from Proto-Slavic samъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sāmas, from Proto-Indo-European somHós, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
samoděržaví (Czech): (tsarist) autocracy
Definitions
- (tsarist) autocracy