Where does “-est” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-est”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-ōst—
2Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...

Words derived from “-est”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ōst →