Where does “vdovství” come from?

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

vdovství (Czech): widowhood

Definitions

  1. widowhood

Ancestry of “vdovství”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-stvíA suffix, akin to -ship and -hood
2Old Czech-stvieA noun-forming suffix: -ship, -hood
3Old Czech-stvoA noun-forming suffix
4Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
5Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →Every word from Czech -ství →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →