Where does “кре́пость” come from?
кре́пость (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic крѣпость, from Proto-Slavic krěpostь, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...
Ancestry of “кре́пость”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | крѣпость | strength |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | krěpostь | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ostь | Used with adjectival stems to form abstract... |
Words derived from “кре́пость”