The story
- Proto-Indo-European*ker-
- Proto-Indo-European*kóryos
- Proto-Germanic*harjaz
- Proto-West Germanic*hari
- Proto-Indo-European*dewk-?
- Proto-West Germanic*togō
- Ancient Greekστρατηγός (stratēgós)
- Proto-West Germanic*harjatogō
- Old High Germanherizogo
- Middle High Germanherzog
- GermanHerzog
- Middle High Germanherzog
- Hungarianherceg
- Serbo-Croatianherceg
- Serbo-CroatianHercegovina
- English todayHerzegovina
A direct borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Hercegovina, from German Herzog (“duke”) + Serbo-Croatian -ov (possessive suffix) + Serbo-Croatian -ina (feminine suffix), thus meaning "a duke's possession, a dukedom".
Words from the same roots
GermanHerzog all →
herzogHartsough
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.