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
Ancestry of “zemstva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | зе́мства | — |
| 2 | Russian | зе́мство | zemstvo |
| 3 | Russian | Земля́ | — |
| 4 | Russian | -ский | Used to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes... |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | -ьскъ | — |