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Where does “зе́мство” come from?

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

зе́мство (Russian): zemstvo

Definitions

  1. zemstvo

Ancestry of “зе́мство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЗемля́—
2Russian-скийUsed to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes...
3Old East Slavic-ьскъ—

Words derived from “зе́мство”

  • zemstvo
  • zemstva
  • зе́мства
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