Etymology

kaiserdom

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Today it means: The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *dōmaz ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos ← English kaiser
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The story

  1. Englishkaiser
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóh₁mos
  4. Proto-Germanic*dōmaz
  5. English todaykaiserdom

From kaiser + -dom.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.