Where does “-ства” come from?

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

-ства (Belarusian): Used to form abstract nouns; -kind, -hood, -dom

Definitions

  1. Used to form abstract nouns; -kind, -hood, -dom

Ancestry of “-ства”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—

Words derived from “-ства”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →
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