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Where does “-ьство” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-ьство”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ьство”

  • общество
  • величьство
  • тръжьство
  • обьщьство
  • поганьство
  • хѫдожьство
  • воѥводьство
  • боуиство
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →