Where does “-о́вский” come from?

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

-о́вский (Russian): 's, -ian, -ic, -ish adjectival suffix forming

Definitions

  1. 's, -ian, -ic, -ish adjectival suffix forming

Ancestry of “-о́вский”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-о́вский”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́в →Every word from Old East Slavic -овъ →