Where does “жа́лость” come from?

жа́лость (Russian) comes from Russian -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

жа́лость (Russian): compassion

Definitions

  1. compassion

Ancestry of “жа́лость”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ость-ness, -ity
2Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...

Words derived from “жа́лость”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Russian -ость →