Where does “злачынства” come from?

злачынства (Belarusian) comes from Belarusian -ства, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

злачынства (Belarusian): crime; misdeed, wrongdoing

Definitions

  1. crime; misdeed, wrongdoing

Ancestry of “злачынства”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Belarusian-стваUsed to form abstract nouns; -kind, -hood, -dom
2Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →Every word from Belarusian -ства →
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