Where does “-ow” come from?
-ow (German) comes from Polish -ów, from Polish to, from Polish -ć, from Proto-Slavic -ťi, from Proto-Slavic -kti.
-ow (German): A place name suffix found in parts of former East...
Definitions
- A place name suffix found in parts of former East...
Ancestry of “-ow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | -ów | used to create village and town names, especially... |
| 2 | Polish | to | this; then |
| 3 | Polish | -ć | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ťi | Form of *-ti, used with root-stem verbs ending in... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -kti | — |