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Where does “-ovský” come from?

-ovský (Czech) comes from Czech -ův, from Czech -óv, from Czech -ský, from Old Czech -ský, from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

-ovský (Czech): -ian, -ean

Definitions

  1. -ian, -ean

Ancestry of “-ovský”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-ůvSuffix deriving possessive adjectives from nouns...
2Czech-óv—
3Czech-ský-ian, -ic
4Old Czech-ský—
5Proto-Slavic-ьskъ-ic, -ish
6Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-ovský”

  • dantovský
  • kantovský
  • hegelovský
  • fichtovský
  • sisyfovský
  • sokratovský
  • faustovský
  • gogolovský
  • dionýsovský
  • kuhnovský
  • humovský
  • bolívarovský
  • orwellovský
  • freudovský
  • shakespearovský
  • kafkovský
  • hitlerovský
  • dickensovský
  • proustovský
  • fregovský
  • cimrmanovský
  • fregeovský
  • wagnerovský
  • jungmannovský
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