глава
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- head, top, summit
- cupola, dome
- chapter, section of a book
- (heraldry) chief on a shield
Etymology
Borrowed from Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian глава derived from Proto-Slavic *golva derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ.
Origin
Proto-Balto-Slavic
*galˀwā́ˀ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -о- Russian
- голова Russian
- кит Russian
- китоглав Russian
- *gelH- Proto-Indo-European
- głowa Polish
- *golva Proto-Slavic
- hlava Czech
- glava Serbo-Croatian
- глава Serbo-Croatian
- galva Latvian
- глава Bulgarian
- глава Macedonian
- голова Ukrainian
- hlava Slovak
- glava Slovene
- глава Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- galva Lithuanian
- голова Old East Slavic
- głowa Lower Sorbian
- *galˀwā́ˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- hłowa Upper Sorbian
- głowa Kashubian
- gowa Silesian
- golva Latgalian
- galwo Old Prussian