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Where does “верховенство” come from?

верховенство (Russian) comes from Russian -ство, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

верховенство (Russian): supremacy, domination

Definitions

  1. supremacy, domination

Ancestry of “верховенство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ствоsuffix appended to nouns and adjectives to create...
2Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →