Where does “nazwisko” come from?

nazwisko (Polish) comes from Polish -isko, from Old Polish -isko, from Proto-Slavic -isko — Alternative form of *-išče.

nazwisko (Polish): surname, last name

Definitions

  1. surname, last name

Ancestry of “nazwisko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-iskoforms augmentatives; forms nouns
2Old Polish-iskoforms nouns, typically relating to place
3Proto-Slavic-iskoAlternative form of *-išče

Words derived from “nazwisko”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -isko →Every word from Polish -isko →Every word from Old Polish -isko →