Where does “боуиство” come from?

боуиство (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic -ьство, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

боуиство (Old Church Slavonic): ignorance, thoughtlessness

Definitions

  1. ignorance, thoughtlessness

Ancestry of “боуиство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonic-ьствоforms abstract or collective nouns
2Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ьство →