Where does “цѣсарь” come from?
цѣсарь (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic cěsařь, from Proto-Germanic kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries, from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- — hair.
цѣсарь (Old Church Slavonic): emperor, tsar; king
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