Where does “скудость” come from?

скудость (Russian) comes from Russian -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

скудость (Russian): scarcity; poverty

Definitions

  1. scarcity; poverty

Ancestry of “скудость”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ость-ness, -ity
2Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Russian -ость →