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Where does “-stvo” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-stvo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-stvo”

  • brakolomstvo
  • zemljoznanstvo
  • svojstvo
  • kozarstvo
  • susedstvo
  • zidarstvo
  • carstvo
  • ovčarstvo
  • prvenstvo
  • susjedstvo
  • novinarstvo
  • knjižničarstvo
  • jemstvo
  • progonstvo
  • amaterstvo
  • potomstvo
  • šarlatanstvo
  • bogatstvo
  • božanstvo
  • cvjećarstvo
  • vojvodstvo
  • bibliotekarstvo
  • jamstvo
  • cvećarstvo
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →