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...

кре́пость (Russian): strength, stoutness

Definitions

  1. strength, stoutness

Ancestry of “кре́пость”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicкрѣпостьstrength
2Proto-Slavickrěpostьstrength
3Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...

Words derived from “кре́пость”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Proto-Slavic krěpostь →Every word from Old East Slavic крѣпость →