Etymology

Vayda

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Hungarian Vajda ← Proto-Slavic *vojevoda
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*vojevoda
  2. Hungarian · derived fromvajda
  3. Hungarian · borrowed fromVajda
  4. English todayVayda

Borrowed from Hungarian Vajda, from Hungarian vajda, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.

Words from the same roots

HungarianVajda all →

Vajda

Proto-Slavic*vojevoda all →

VajdaWajdavoivodevoivodeshipWywoda

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.