Where does “-ьstvo” come from?

-ьstvo (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

-ьstvo (Proto-Slavic): Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...

Definitions

  1. Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...

Ancestry of “-ьstvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas

Words derived from “-ьstvo

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas