Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gospodařь

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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From *gȍspoda (dominion, property) +‎ *-ãřь. In some dialects, the word is reshaped (by folk etymology) as **gosǫdařь (whence Russian госуда́рь (gosudárʹ)) as if a derivative of Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ (judgement, verdict).

Noun

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*gospodãřь m

  1. master, lord, sovereign, archon
    Synonyms: *vьśedьržьcь, *volděteľь, *upravьnikъ
  2. householder, proprietor
    Synonyms: (South Slavic) *stopanъ, (West Slavic) *gъpanъ
    *gospodařь domuruler of the household

Declension

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The accent type B of the derivative.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “господарь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “государь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gospodarь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 59