Where does “епискоупьство” come from?

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

епискоупьство (Old Church Slavonic): episcopacy

Definitions

  1. episcopacy

Ancestry of “епискоупьство”, 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 →