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Where does “озорство” come from?

озорство (Russian) comes from Russian -ство́, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

озорство (Russian): mischief, naughtiness

Definitions

  1. mischief, naughtiness

Ancestry of “озорство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ство́—
2Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →