Where does “panenství” come from?
panenství (Czech) comes from Czech -ství, from Old Czech -stvie, from Old Czech -stvo, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.
panenství (Czech): virginity, maidenhood
Ancestry of “panenství”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | -ství | A suffix, akin to -ship and -hood |
| 2 | Old Czech | -stvie | A noun-forming suffix: -ship, -hood |
| 3 | Old Czech | -stvo | A noun-forming suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ьstvo | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -istwas | — |