Where does “-că” come from?

-că (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic -ъка, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Ancestry of “-că”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonic-ъка—
2Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
3Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Words derived from “-că”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ъка →