Where does “Толстой” come from?

Толстой (Ukrainian) comes from Russian Толсто́й, from Russian то́лстый, from Russian -щина — Suffix added to stems to show that it is a collective or a condition; -hood, -dom, -ness, -ism.

Толстой (Ukrainian): particularly Leo Tolstoy, a Russian writer

Definitions

  1. particularly Leo Tolstoy, a Russian writer

Ancestry of “Толстой”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianТолсто́йparticularly Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, September 9, 1828 — November 20, 1910
2Russianто́лстыйstout
3Russian-щинаSuffix added to stems to show that it is a collective or a condition; -hood, -dom, -ness, -ism
Every word from Russian -щина →Every word from Russian то́лстый →Every word from Russian Толсто́й →