Where does “zemstva” come from?

zemstva (English) comes from Russian зе́мства, from Russian зе́мство, from Russian Земля́, from Russian -ский, from Old East Slavic -ьскъ.

zemstva (English): plural of zemstvo

Definitions

  1. plural of zemstvo

Ancestry of “zemstva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзе́мства—
2Russianзе́мствоzemstvo
3RussianЗемля́—
4Russian-скийUsed to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes...
5Old East Slavic-ьскъ—
Every word from Old East Slavic -ьскъ →Every word from Russian -ский →Every word from Russian Земля́ →