гетьман

Inherited from Old Ukrainian гетьманъ m (hetʹman), гетманъ m (hetman), from Old Polish hethman m, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman (“commander”), from houbet, heupt (“head”), related to Latin caput (“head”), + Middle High German man (“man”). Compare Modern Polish hetman m and Modern German Hauptmann m (“captain”, Haupt n + Mann m). The Polish -e- attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-.

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• Hyphenation: ге́ть‧ман

ге́тьман • (hétʹman) m pers (genitive ге́тьмана, nominative plural ге́тьмани, genitive plural ге́тьманів, relational adjective гетьма́нський)

1. hetman

• ота́ман m (otáman, “ataman”)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “гетьман”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “гетьман”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka