Where does “-owy” come from?

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

-owy (Polish): -y

Definitions

  1. -y

Ancestry of “-owy”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-owy”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →