Where does “-ьць” come from?

-ьць (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

-ьць (Old Church Slavonic): diminutive, small

Definitions

  1. diminutive, small

Ancestry of “-ьць”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
2Lithuanian-ikas—
3Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-ьць”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →Every word from Lithuanian -ikas →