Where does “-о́вич” come from?

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

-о́вич (Russian): A masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: son of

Definitions

  1. A masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: son of

Ancestry of “-о́вич”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-ов—
2Russian-о́вGenitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns
3Old East Slavic-овъ—
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to

Words derived from “-о́вич”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́в →Every word from Ukrainian -ов →