Where does “-ec” come from?

-ec (Polish) comes from Old Polish -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

-ec (Polish): A masculine suffix

Definitions

  1. A masculine suffix

Ancestry of “-ec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish-ecforms nouns
2Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
3Lithuanian-ikas—
4Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-ec”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →