Where does “wójt” come from?
wójt (Polish) comes from German Vogt, from Middle High German voget, from Old High German fogat, from Latin vocātus, from Classical Latin advocatus, from Latin advoco, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
wójt (Polish): government clerk; overlord of a rural commune;...
Definitions
- government clerk; overlord of a rural commune;...
Ancestry of “wójt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vogt | steward |
| 2 | Middle High German | voget | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fogat | bailiff |
| 4 | Latin | vocātus | called, invoked, having been summoned |
| 5 | Classical Latin | advocatus | One called to aid; advocate, attendant; witness,... |
| 6 | Latin | advoco | I call, invite or summon someone to a place,... |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |