Where does “kreeposti” come from?

kreeposti (Votic) comes from Russian кре́пость, from Old East Slavic крѣпость, from Proto-Slavic krěpostь, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

kreeposti (Votic): fortress

Definitions

  1. fortress

Ancestry of “kreeposti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкре́постьstrength, stoutness
2Old East Slavicкрѣпостьstrength
3Proto-Slavickrěpostьstrength
4Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Proto-Slavic krěpostь →Every word from Old East Slavic крѣпость →
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