Where does “-ость” come from?
-ость (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...
-ость (Old Church Slavonic): -ness, -ity; deadjectival nominalizing suffix...
Definitions
- -ness, -ity; deadjectival nominalizing suffix...
Ancestry of “-ость”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | -ostь | Used with adjectival stems to form abstract... |