Where does “bědstvie” come from?

bědstvie (Old Czech) comes from Old Czech -stvie, from Old Czech -stvo, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

bědstvie (Old Czech): poverty, destitution

Definitions

  1. poverty, destitution

Ancestry of “bědstvie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czech-stvieA noun-forming suffix: -ship, -hood
2Old Czech-stvoA noun-forming suffix
3Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →Every word from Old Czech -stvo →