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Where does “cesarstvo” come from?

cesarstvo (Slovene) comes from Slovene cesar, from Proto-Slavic cěsařь, from Proto-Germanic kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries, from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- — hair.

cesarstvo (Slovene): empire

Definitions

  1. empire

Ancestry of “cesarstvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovenecesaremperor
2Proto-Slaviccěsařьemperor, king
3Proto-Germanickaisarazemperor
4LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
5Latincaesariesor hair
6Proto-Indo-Europeankéysero-hair
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