Where does “-ышча” come from?

-ышча (Belarusian) comes from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

-ышча (Belarusian): Attached to nouns and verbs to form neuter nouns indicating locations

Definitions

  1. Attached to nouns and verbs to form neuter nouns indicating locations

Ancestry of “-ышча”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
2Proto-Slavicisk-je—
Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →