starosta
Polish
noun
Definitions
- The head of the general administration of a powiat.
- The leader of a group of people.
- (historical) The administrative head of a starostwo.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ (old).
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*starъ
Gloss
old
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
古, 老
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- starost English
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- starościanka Polish
- starościc Polish
- starościna Polish
- stary Polish
- *starъ Proto-Slavic
- starosta Czech
- starý Czech
- star Serbo-Croatian
- стар Serbo-Croatian
- стар Bulgarian
- стар Macedonian
- старий Ukrainian
- starý Slovak
- стары Belarusian
- star Slovene
- старъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- старъ Old East Slavic
- stary Lower Sorbian
- *staʔros Proto-Balto-Slavic
- stary Upper Sorbian
- storĕ Polabian
- stark Kashubian
- starka Kashubian
- stôri Kashubian