Deverbal from *obolsti (“to control”). *<span class="searchmatch">obolstь</span> f territory ruled by one ruler, oblast * The second form occurs in languages that contract early across...
in languages that do not (e.g. Russian). *<span class="searchmatch">obolstь</span> *volsti, *volděti (to rule) East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Old East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: волость (volostĭ) Old Ruthenian: волость (volostʹ)...
future *<span class="searchmatch">obolstь</span> Church Slavonic: области (oblasti) → Old East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: области (oblasti) South <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Macedonian: овласти (ovlasti) West <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Czech:...