Where does “-eč” come from?

-eč (Czech) comes from Old Czech -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

-eč (Czech): appended to nouns to form an agent noun; used only on composite nouns expressing fields of knowledge

Definitions

  1. appended to nouns to form an agent noun; used only on composite nouns expressing fields of knowledge

Ancestry of “-eč”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czech-ecforms masculine nouns
2Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
3Lithuanian-ikas—
4Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-eč”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →Every word from Lithuanian -ikas →