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

  1. verb suffix for the second-person singular;...

Ancestry of “-st”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High German-est—
2Serbo-Croatian-ōst—
3Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...

Words derived from “-st”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ōst →Every word from Middle High German -est →