Where does “-ище” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-ище”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
2Proto-Slavicisk-je—

Words derived from “-ище”

Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →