Where does “svalstvo” come from?
svalstvo (Czech) comes from Czech -stvo, from Old Czech -stvo, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.
svalstvo (Czech): musculature
Ancestry of “svalstvo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | -stvo | A noun suffix |
| 2 | Old Czech | -stvo | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьstvo | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -istwas | — |