Where does “чертовский” come from?

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

чертовский (Russian): devil's

Definitions

  1. devil's

Ancestry of “чертовский”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-о́вский's, -ian, -ic, -ish adjectival suffix forming
2Russian-о́вGenitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns
3Old East Slavic-овъ—
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́в →Every word from Russian -о́вский →