Where does “Antonov” come from?

Antonov (Portuguese) comes from Bulgarian Антонов, from Russian -о́в, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

Antonov (Portuguese): Antonov any of the Russian aircraft designed by the Antonov bureau

Definitions

  1. Antonov any of the Russian aircraft designed by the Antonov bureau

Ancestry of “Antonov”, step by step

Antonov traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian Антонов

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BulgarianАнтонов—
2Russian-о́вGenitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns
3Old East Slavic-овъ—
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to

via Russian Анто́нов

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianАнто́новAnton's, Anthony's
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́в →Every word from Old East Slavic -овъ →