Where does “-ství” come from?

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

-ství (Czech): A suffix, akin to -ship and -hood

Definitions

  1. A suffix, akin to -ship and -hood

Ancestry of “-ství”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ství”

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