Where does “-witz” come from?
-witz (German) comes from Belarusian -віч, from Polish -wicz, from Polish -wic, from Russian -вич, from Serbo-Croatian -vić, from Slovene -vič.
-witz (German): A surname suffix
Ancestry of “-witz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Belarusian | -віч | -vich |
| 2 | Polish | -wicz | A surname suffix |
| 3 | Polish | -wic | — |
| 4 | Russian | -вич | A surname suffix |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | -vić | — |
| 6 | Slovene | -vič | — |