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Where does “лукавство” come from?

лукавство (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic лукавьство, from Proto-Slavic *lǫkavьstvo.

лукавство (Russian): slyness, craftiness, archness

Definitions

  1. slyness, craftiness, archness

Ancestry of “лукавство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicлукавьство—
2Proto-Slavic*lǫkavьstvo—
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