Where does “війтенко” come from?

війтенко (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian війт, from Polish wójt, from German Vogt, from Middle High German voget, from Old High German fogat, from Latin vocātus, from Classical Latin advocatus, from Latin advoco — in.

війтенко (Ukrainian): son of a війт

Definitions

  1. son of a війт

Ancestry of “війтенко”, step by step

війтенко traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian війт

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianвійтofficial of a town invested under German town laws
2Polishwójtgovernment clerk; overlord of a rural commune;...
3GermanVogtsteward
4Middle High Germanvoget
5Old High Germanfogatbailiff
6Latinvocātuscalled, invoked, having been summoned
7Classical LatinadvocatusOne called to aid; advocate, attendant; witness,...
8LatinadvocoI call, invite or summon someone to a place,...
9Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Ukrainian е́нко

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianе́нко
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-