volstь

volstь Grammatical information: f. i Proto-Slavic meaning: `rule'

Old Church Slavic:

vlastь `power, sovereignty, rule' [f i]

Russian:

vólost' `volost (smallest administrative unit in Tsarist Russia)' [f i];

vlast' `power, authority' [f i]

Czech:

vlast' `homeland' [f i]

Slovak:

vlast' `homeland' [f i]

Polish:

wɫość `farmstead, village' [f i]

Serbo-Croatian:

vlȃst `rule' [f i]

Slovene:

lȃst `property' [f i];

vlȃst `property' [f i]

Bulgarian:

vlast `power, authority' [f i]

Latvian:

vàlsts `state, realm' [f i]

Indo-European reconstruction: uolH-dʰ-ti-

Other cognates:

Go. waldan `rule' [verb];

OHG waltan `rule' [verb]