English
Titograd
Titograd comes from Serbo-Croatian Titograd, from grȃd ‘city’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos ‘to enclose, to encircle’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰórdʰos‘to enclose, to encircle’reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*gárdas‘enclosure’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gȏrdъ‘town, city’reconstructed
- Serbo-Croatianmoderngrȃd‘city’
- Serbo-Croatian, derivedmodernTitograd
- Englishearliest quotation 1990same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰórdʰos‘to enclose, to encircle’reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*gárdas‘enclosure’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gȏrdъ‘town, city’reconstructed
- Serbo-Croatianmoderngrȃd‘city’
- Serbo-Croatian, derivedmodernTitograd
- Englishearliest quotation 1990same form
Earliest quotation: 1990, Kenneth C. Danforth, Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided: “Climbing through cornfields and plum orchards to Kolašin, cralwing…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos ‘to enclose, to encircle’
garden, urban, yard, garth, 4 more
through Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas ‘enclosure’
Today it means
name Former name of Podgorica (used between 1946 and 1992).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos / Titograd