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