Where does “здравствуй” come from?
здравствуй (Russian) comes from Russian здравствовать, from Russian -ствова́ть, from Russian -ство́, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.
здравствуй (Russian): hello
Definitions
- hello
Ancestry of “здравствуй”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | здравствовать | to be well, to prosper, to thrive |
| 2 | Russian | -ствова́ть | Suffix used to form verbs from nouns, and sometimes from adjectives |
| 3 | Russian | -ство́ | suffix appended to nouns and adjectives to create a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity, -y |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ьstvo | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -istwas | — |