Where does “-ctvo” come from?

-ctvo (Czech) comes from Czech -stvo, from Old Czech -stvo, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

-ctvo (Czech): forms nouns referring to collections of people or animals

Definitions

  1. forms nouns referring to collections of people or animals

Ancestry of “-ctvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-stvoA noun suffix
2Old Czech-stvoA noun-forming suffix
3Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—

Words derived from “-ctvo”

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