Where does “-ъ” come from?

-ъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European -om, from Proto-Indo-European -o-.

-ъ (Proto-Slavic): *poteťi → *potokъ; *teťi → *tokъ; *gňiti →...

Definitions

  1. *poteťi → *potokъ; *teťi → *tokъ; *gňiti →...

Ancestry of “-ъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-omemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
2Proto-Indo-European-o-—

Words derived from “-ъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -o- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -om →