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
Ancestry of “kreeposti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | кре́пость | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | крѣпость | strength |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | krěpostь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ostь | Used with adjectival stems to form abstract... |