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Where does “губернский” come from?

губернский (Russian) comes from Russian -ский, from Old East Slavic -ьскъ.

губернский (Russian): guberniya, province ; provincial

Definitions

  1. guberniya, province ; provincial

Ancestry of “губернский”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-скийUsed to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes...
2Old East Slavic-ьскъ—
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