Where does “-ль” come from?

-ль (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic -lь.

-ль (Russian): Unproductive suffix forming action nouns

Definitions

  1. Unproductive suffix forming action nouns

Ancestry of “-ль”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-lь

Words derived from “-ль

Every word from Proto-Slavic -lь