Where does “-ович” come from?
-ович (Russian) comes from Ukrainian -ов, from Russian -о́в, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.
Ancestry of “-ович”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | -ов | — |
| 2 | Russian | -о́в | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | -овъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ovъ | of, belonging to |