Where does “-ówna” come from?

-ówna (Polish) comes from Polish -owy, from Old Polish -owy, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

-ówna (Polish): attached to surnames, sometimes to other nouns, to form feminine proper nouns meaning “daughter of”

Definitions

  1. attached to surnames, sometimes to other nouns, to form feminine proper nouns meaning “daughter of”

Ancestry of “-ówna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-owy-y
2Old Polish-owyappended to nouns to form adjectives; -y
3Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to

Words derived from “-ówna”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Polish -owy →Every word from Old Polish -owy →