Where does “-ство” come from?

-ство (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

-ство (Serbo-Croatian): Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun,...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun,...

Ancestry of “-ство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—

Words derived from “-ство”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →