Where does “крепостничество” come from?
крепостничество (Russian) comes from Russian крепостно́й, from Russian кре́пость, from Old East Slavic крѣпость, from Proto-Slavic krěpostь, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...
крепостничество (Russian): serfdom
Definitions
- serfdom
Ancestry of “крепостничество”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | крепостно́й | serf |
| 2 | Russian | кре́пость | strength, stoutness |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | крѣпость | strength |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | krěpostь | strength |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ostь | Used with adjectival stems to form abstract... |