Etymograph

English

hospodar

Hospodar comes from Middle Ukrainian господаръ, from Proto-Slavic *gospodãřь ‘householder, proprietor’, and ultimately from *gȍspoda ‘dominion, property’.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gȍspoda‘dominion, property’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*gospodãřь‘householder, proprietor’reconstructed
  3. Middle Ukrainianmodernгосподаръhospodar
  4. Polishmodernhospodar
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gȍspoda‘dominion, property’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*gospodãřь‘householder, proprietor’reconstructed
  3. Middle Ukrainianmodernгосподаръhospodar
  4. Polishmodernhospodar
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A title borne by the governors of Moldavia and Wallachia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *gȍspoda / hospodar