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Where does β€œπŒΊπŒ°πŒΉπƒπŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒ³β€ come from?

πŒΊπŒ°πŒΉπƒπŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒ³ (Gothic) comes from Gothic πŒΊπŒ°πŒΉπƒπŒ°π‚, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries, from Proto-Indo-European kΓ©ysero- β€” hair.

πŒΊπŒ°πŒΉπƒπŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒ³ (Gothic): tax paid to the Roman emperor

Definitions

  1. tax paid to the Roman emperor

Ancestry of β€œπŒΊπŒ°πŒΉπƒπŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒ³β€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GothicπŒΊπŒ°πŒΉπƒπŒ°π‚Caesar, emperor
2LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
3Latincaesariesor hair
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankΓ©ysero-hair
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kΓ©ysero- β†’