Re: [tied] some slavic roots?

*vojevoda is pan-Slavic (actually, the main unit of territorial division in Poland is still <województwo> 'voivodeship' = 'province'). The etymology is transparent: *vojI = 'warrior', *voditi = 'lead', *voje-voda = 'warrior-leader' (cf. Germanic *harja-tugo: > Herzog), a kind of lord-lieutenant, more or less like the Anglo-Saxon aldormann.

<opinka/opinak> are derived from the Slavic root *pIn- with meanings such as 'fasten (with a pin, fibula, etc.), button up, clasp'. The verb *opinati can mean 'fit/sit tight' (of clothes or footwear).

<horo> is a loan from Greek (<kHoros>).

Piotr

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Subject: [tied] some slavic roots?

hi together, I am pretty interested if the fallowing words are too into another slavic language except the bulgarian and serbian languages: vojevoda=meaning local ruler, small king opinka or opinak= this coudl be a shoe but is likely an indian moccassin horo= is a way to dance where people make a circle and keeps their hands together making the same steps in the rithm of the music if they are not properly slavic words, could it be explained somehow thier ethimology? best regards A. Moeller
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