Where does “-avičius” come from?

-avičius (Lithuanian) comes from Russian -о́вич, from Ukrainian -ов, from Russian -о́в, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

-avičius (Lithuanian): A masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name or its diminutive ending in a back vowel

Definitions

  1. A masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name or its diminutive ending in a back vowel

Ancestry of “-avičius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-о́вичA masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: son of
2Ukrainian-ов—
3Russian-о́вGenitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns
4Old East Slavic-овъ—
5Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́в →Every word from Russian -о́вич →