Where does “жилавост” come from?

жилавост (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian -ост, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

жилавост (Macedonian): toughness (e.g. of meat)

Definitions

  1. toughness (e.g. of meat)

Ancestry of “жилавост”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonian-остAppended to adjectives and verbs to create a...
2Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Macedonian -ост →