Where does “тяжба” come from?

тяжба (Russian) comes from Russian -ба́, from Proto-Slavic -ьba — Forms action nouns from verbs.

тяжба (Russian): suit, lawsuit

Definitions

  1. suit, lawsuit

Ancestry of “тяжба”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ба́a noun forming suffix
2Proto-Slavic-ьbaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьba →Every word from Russian -ба́ →