Where does “дрѧхльство” come from?

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

дрѧхльство (Old Church Slavonic): sorrow, dejection

Definitions

  1. sorrow, dejection

Ancestry of “дрѧхльство”, 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 →
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