From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Balto-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *sláugība. Morphologically from *sluga + *-ьba. Cognate with Lithuanian slaugyba. *<span class="searchmatch">slùžьba</span> f service * -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic...
*družьba (“company”) ⇐ *družiti sę (“to socialize, get together”) ⇐ *drugъ *<span class="searchmatch">služьba</span> (“service, serving”) ⇐ *služiti (“to serve”) ⇐ *sluga *gǫdьba (“band”)...
serve”) (causative), *slugovati (“to serve”) (factitive) *služenьje, *<span class="searchmatch">služьba</span> (“service”) *usluga (“favour, service”) *zasluga (“merit”) *slověninъ (“Slav”)...
(*)*služivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle noun *<span class="searchmatch">slùžьba</span> East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Old East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: служи́ти (služíti) Old Ruthenian: служи́ти (služíti) Belarusian:...