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

  1. robbery, crime, misdemeanour, banditry

Ancestry of “גזלעווויסטווע”, step by step

גזלעווויסטווע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־סטווע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־סטוועsuffix appended to nouns or adjectives to create an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity
2Polish-stwoSuffix appended to words to create a neuter noun,...
3Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas

via Yiddish גזלן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishגזלןthief
2Hebrewגַּזְלָן
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwasEvery word from Polish -stwoEvery word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo