Where does “strast” come from?

strast (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic strastь, from Proto-Slavic -tь, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

strast (Serbo-Croatian): passion

Definitions

  1. passion

Ancestry of “strast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicstrastьemotional burden, pain; passion, strong emotion;...
2Proto-Slavic-tьDeverbative, creates nouns denoting act, state,...
3Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Slavic -tь →Every word from Proto-Slavic strastь →