from Proto-Indo-European *gewp- (“to hide, protect”), Slavic word extended with *-anъ. *gъpanъ m (West Slavic) ruler, master Declension of *gъpanъ (hard...
*upravьnikъ householder, proprietor Synonyms: (South Slavic) *stopanъ, (West Slavic) *gъpanъ The accent type B of the derivative. Declension of *gospodãřь...
perceived as the Slavic suffix *o(b)-. Borrowed from Eastern Iranian languages, probably from Scythian *abi-āšaya- (as is Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ (“ruler, master”))...