Where does “ответствовать” come from?
ответствовать (Russian) comes from Russian отве́тство, from Russian -ство́, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.
ответствовать (Russian): to reply, to answer
Ancestry of “ответствовать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | отве́тство | — |
| 2 | Russian | -ство́ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьstvo | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -istwas | — |