Where does “-yev” come from?

-yev (Azerbaijani) comes from Russian -ёв, from Proto-Slavic *-evъ.

Ancestry of “-yev”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ёвAlternative form of -ев
2Proto-Slavic*-evъ—

Words derived from “-yev”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *-evъ →Every word from Russian -ёв →