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Where does “-ski” come from?

-ski (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

Ancestry of “-ski”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьskъ-ic, -ish
2Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
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