Where does “посмешище” come from?
посмешище (Russian) comes from Russian -и́ще, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.
посмешище (Russian): laughing stock
Ancestry of “посмешище”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | -и́ще | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -išče | Denominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | isk-je | — |