Where does “Толсто́й” come from?

Толсто́й (Russian) comes from Russian то́лстый, from Russian -щина — Suffix added to stems to show that it is a collective or a condition; -hood, -dom, -ness, -ism.

Толсто́й (Russian): particularly Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, September 9, 1828 — November 20, 1910

Definitions

  1. particularly Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, September 9, 1828 — November 20, 1910

Ancestry of “Толсто́й”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianто́лстыйstout
2Russian-щинаSuffix added to stems to show that it is a collective or a condition; -hood, -dom, -ness, -ism

Words derived from “Толсто́й”

Every word from Russian -щина →Every word from Russian то́лстый →