Etymology Explorer › Old East Slavic

Where does “-енъ” come from?

-енъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic -ěnъ — Forming adjectives meaning 'made of '; -en.

Ancestry of “-енъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ěnъForming adjectives meaning 'made of '; -en
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ěnъ →