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Where does “božanstvo” come from?

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

božanstvo (Serbo-Croatian): deity, god; divine nature, character; a creature...

Definitions

  1. deity, god; divine nature, character; a creature...

Ancestry of “božanstvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-stvoSuffix appended to words to create a neuter noun,...
2Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →