Where does “גזלעווויסטווע” come from?
גזלעווויסטווע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־סטווע, from Polish -stwo, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.
גזלעווויסטווע (Yiddish): robbery, crime, misdemeanour, banditry
Definitions
- robbery, crime, misdemeanour, banditry
Ancestry of “גזלעווויסטווע”, step by step
גזלעווויסטווע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ־סטווע
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־סטווע | suffix appended to nouns or adjectives to create an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity |
| 2 | Polish | -stwo | Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun,... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьstvo | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition... |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -istwas | — |