Where does “невѣдьство” come from?

невѣдьство (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic не, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.

невѣдьство (Old Church Slavonic): ignorance

Definitions

  1. ignorance

Ancestry of “невѣдьство”, step by step

невѣдьство traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic не

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicнеno; not
2Proto-Slavicnenot
3Proto-Balto-Slavicnēnot
4Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no

via Old Church Slavonic вѣдьство

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicвѣдьство—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European né →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē →Every word from Proto-Slavic ne →