Where does “duchovenstvo” come from?

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

duchovenstvo (Czech): clergy

Definitions

  1. clergy

Ancestry of “duchovenstvo”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →Every word from Czech -stvo →