Where does “-ев” come from?

-ев (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic -евъ, from Proto-Slavic *-evъ.

Ancestry of “-ев”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonic-евъ—
2Proto-Slavic*-evъ—

Words derived from “-ев”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *-evъ →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -евъ →