Where does “неистовствовать” come from?
неистовствовать (Russian) comes from Russian неи́стовство, from Russian -ство́, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.
неистовствовать (Russian): to rage, to rave, to storm
Definitions
- to rage, to rave, to storm
Ancestry of “неистовствовать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | неи́стовство | fury, rage, craze, frenzy |
| 2 | Russian | -ство́ | suffix appended to nouns and adjectives to create a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity, -y |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьstvo | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -istwas | — |