Where does “carstwo” come from?
carstwo (Polish) comes from Polish Car, from Russian царь, from Old East Slavic цьсарь, from Old East Slavic цѣсарь, from Proto-Slavic cěsařь, from Proto-Germanic kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries — hair.
carstwo (Polish): tsardom
Definitions
- tsardom
Ancestry of “carstwo”, step by step
carstwo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish Car
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Car | czar, tsar, tzar |
| 2 | Russian | царь | tsar, Russian emperor; king |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | цьсарь | — |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | цѣсарь | emperor, king |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | cěsařь | emperor, king |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kaisaraz | emperor |
| 7 | Latin | Caesar | Julius Caesar; emperor |
| 8 | Latin | caesaries | or hair |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kéysero- | hair |
via Russian ца́рство
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ца́рство | empire, kingdom; tsardom |
| 2 | Russian | -ство́ | suffix appended to nouns and adjectives to create a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity, -y |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьstvo | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -istwas | — |