Where does “-ów” come from?

-ów (Polish) comes from Polish to, from Polish -ć, from Proto-Slavic -ťi, from Proto-Slavic -kti.

-ów (Polish): used to create village and town names, especially...

Definitions

  1. used to create village and town names, especially...

Ancestry of “-ów”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtothis; then
2Polish-ćforms generic infinitives of stems ending in vowels
3Proto-Slavic-ťiForm of *-ti, used with root-stem verbs ending in...
4Proto-Slavic-kti—

Words derived from “-ów”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -kti →Every word from Polish -ć →Every word from Polish to →