Where does “-́ство” come from?

-́ство (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

-́ство (Ukrainian): Suffix added to nouns and adjectives to create an abstract noun, corresponding to English -ness, -hood, -dom

Definitions

  1. Suffix added to nouns and adjectives to create an abstract noun, corresponding to English -ness, -hood, -dom

Ancestry of “-́ство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—

Words derived from “-́ство”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →