The story
- Old East Slavic · derived fromдьржати“to hold”
- Russian · borrowed fromДержа́вин
- English todayDerzhavin
Borrowed from Russian Держа́вин (Deržávin), ultimately from Old East Slavic дьржати (dĭržati, “to hold”). Compare with Russian держа́ть (deržátʹ, “to hold”) and держа́ва (deržáva, “state, power”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.