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Where does “кощунственный” come from?

кощунственный (Russian) comes from Russian кощу́нство, from Russian -ство́, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

кощунственный (Russian): blasphemous, sacrilegious

Definitions

  1. blasphemous, sacrilegious

Ancestry of “кощунственный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкощу́нство—
2Russian-ство́—
3Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →