Where does “-ski” come from?

-ski (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

-ski (Lower Sorbian): a suffix added to a noun to form an adjective

Definitions

  1. a suffix added to a noun to form an adjective

Ancestry of “-ski”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьskъ-ic, -ish
2Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-ski”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ →