Where does “капище” come from?

капище (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic -ище, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

капище (Old Church Slavonic): column, pillar; statue; shrine, sanctuary, temple

Definitions

  1. column, pillar; statue; shrine, sanctuary, temple

Ancestry of “капище”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonic-ище—
2Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
3Proto-Slavicisk-je—

Words derived from “капище”

Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ище →