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
- column, pillar; statue; shrine, sanctuary, temple
Ancestry of “капище”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | -ище | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -išče | Denominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | isk-je | — |
Words derived from “капище”