Where does “доблесть” come from?

доблесть (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic доблѥсть, from Old Church Slavonic -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

доблесть (Russian): valour, prowess

Definitions

  1. valour, prowess

Ancestry of “доблесть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicдоблѥстьvalor; heroic deed
2Old Church Slavonic-ость-ness, -ity; deadjectival nominalizing suffix...
3Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ость →Every word from Old Church Slavonic доблѥсть →