Etymology

powiat

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Today it means: The second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland. Full definition →

Polish powiat ← Old Polish powiat ← Proto-Slavic *povětъ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  4. Proto-Balto-Slavic*pa
  5. Proto-Slavic*po
  6. Proto-Slavic*po-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*weyt-
  8. Proto-Balto-Slavic*waitas
  9. Proto-Slavic*větъ
  10. Proto-Slavic*větiti
  11. Proto-Slavic*povětitideverb.
  12. Proto-Slavic*povětъ
  13. Old Polishpowiat
  14. Polishpowiat
  15. English todaypowiat

Borrowed from Polish powiat.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.