Where does “благостиня” come from?
благостиня (Ukrainian) comes from Old Church Slavonic благостꙑни, from Old Church Slavonic благость, from Old Church Slavonic -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...
благостиня (Ukrainian): grace, charity, mercy, kindness
Definitions
- grace, charity, mercy, kindness
Ancestry of “благостиня”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | благостꙑни | goodness |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | благость | goodness; kindness; mercy |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | -ость | -ness, -ity; deadjectival nominalizing suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ostь | Used with adjectival stems to form abstract... |