Where does “-ьство” come from?

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

-ьство (Old Church Slavonic): forms abstract or collective nouns

Definitions

  1. forms abstract or collective nouns

Ancestry of “-ьство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—

Words derived from “-ьство”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →