Where does “Шостакович” come from?

Шостакович (Russian) comes from Russian -о́вич, from Ukrainian -ов, from Russian -о́в, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

Шостакович (Russian): particularly Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer and pianist

Definitions

  1. particularly Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer and pianist

Ancestry of “Шостакович”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-о́вичA masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: son of
2Ukrainian-ов—
3Russian-о́вGenitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns
4Old East Slavic-овъ—
5Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to

Words derived from “Шостакович”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́в →Every word from Russian -о́вич →
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