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Where does “-о́вский” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-о́вский”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-о́в—
2Old East Slavic-овъ—
3Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to

Words derived from “-о́вский”

  • стариковский
  • орловский
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