Where does “schleunigst” come from?

schleunigst (German) comes from German -st, from Middle High German -est, from Serbo-Croatian -ōst, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

schleunigst (German): straight away

Definitions

  1. straight away

Ancestry of “schleunigst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-stverb suffix for the second-person singular;...
2Middle High German-est—
3Serbo-Croatian-ōst—
4Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ōst →Every word from German -st →
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