Where does “Antonoff” come from?
Antonoff (Portuguese) comes from Bulgarian Антонов, from Russian -о́в, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.
Ancestry of “Antonoff”, step by step
Antonoff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bulgarian Антонов
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | Антонов | — |
| 2 | Russian | -о́в | Genitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | -овъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ovъ | of, belonging to |
via Russian Анто́нов
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Анто́нов | Anton's, Anthony's |