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Where does “ředitelství” come from?

ředitelství (Czech) comes from Czech -ství, from Old Czech -stvie, from Old Czech -stvo, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

ředitelství (Czech): headquarters; directorate; headship

Definitions

  1. headquarters; directorate; headship

Ancestry of “ředitelství”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-stvíA suffix, akin to -ship and -hood
2Old Czech-stvie—
3Old Czech-stvo—
4Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
5Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
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