Where does “-owa” come from?

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

-owa (Polish): Feminization suffix used to form a female surname...

Definitions

  1. Feminization suffix used to form a female surname...

Ancestry of “-owa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-owa”

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