Where does “-ovat” come from?

-ovat (Czech) comes from Old Czech -ovati, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

-ovat (Czech): verb forming suffix

Definitions

  1. verb forming suffix

Ancestry of “-ovat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czech-ovativerb forming suffix
2Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “-ovat”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →