Where does “hmotnosť” come from?

hmotnosť (Slovak) comes from Slovak -osť, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

hmotnosť (Slovak): mass

Definitions

  1. mass

Ancestry of “hmotnosť”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovak-osťA suffix, akin to -ness
2Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Slovak -osť →