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Where does “краткость” come from?

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

краткость (Russian): brevity, conciseness, shortness

Definitions

  1. brevity, conciseness, shortness

Ancestry of “краткость”, step by step

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