Where does “капище” come from?

капище (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic капище, from Old Church Slavonic -ище, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

капище (Russian): pagan temple

Definitions

  1. pagan temple

Ancestry of “капище”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicкапищеcolumn, pillar; statue; shrine, sanctuary, temple
2Old Church Slavonic-ище—
3Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
4Proto-Slavicisk-je—
Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ище →