Where does “-st” come from?
-st (German) comes from Middle High German -est, from Serbo-Croatian -ōst, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...
-st (German): verb suffix for the second-person singular;...
Definitions
- verb suffix for the second-person singular;...
Ancestry of “-st”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | -est | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | -ōst | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ostь | Used with adjectival stems to form abstract... |