Where does “-ск” come from?

-ск (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

-ск (Russian): A suffix used in place names

Definitions

  1. A suffix used in place names

Ancestry of “-ск”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьskъ-ic, -ish
2Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-ск”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ →