Where does “чертовски” come from?

чертовски (Russian) comes from Russian -о́в, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

чертовски (Russian): devilishly in a devilish manner

Definitions

  1. devilishly in a devilish manner

Ancestry of “чертовски”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-о́вGenitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns
2Old East Slavic-овъ—
3Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́в →Every word from Old East Slavic -овъ →