hetman

Meaning

Noun

A Cossack headman or general.

Origin

From Polish hetman, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman, from houbet, heupt, related to Latin caput, + Middle High German man ("man"). Compare modern German Hauptmann, Haupt, Mann. The Polish e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-.

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