Where does “волшебство” come from?

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

волшебство (Russian): magic

Definitions

  1. magic

Ancestry of “волшебство”, 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 →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →Every word from Russian -ство →