The story
- Proto-Slavic · derived from*vojevoda“army leader; duke; warlord”
- Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromvojvoda
- Russian · borrowed fromвоево́да
- Polish · borrowed fromwojewoda
- Czech · borrowed fromvojevoda
- Bulgarian · borrowed fromвойвода
- English todayvoivode
Variously from a number of Slavic languages including Bulgarian войвода (vojvoda), Czech vojevoda, Polish wojewoda, Russian воево́да (vojevóda), and Serbo-Croatian vojvoda, војвода, all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda (“army leader; duke; warlord”).
Words from the same roots
Bulgarianвойвода all →
Czechvojevoda all →
Polishwojewoda all →
voivodeshipWywoda
Russianвоево́да all →
Serbo-Croatianvojvoda all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.