Where does “-чь” come from?

-чь (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ťi, from Proto-Slavic -kti.

-чь (Russian): The infinitive ending of some Russian verbs whose...

Definitions

  1. The infinitive ending of some Russian verbs whose...

Ancestry of “-чь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ťiForm of *-ti, used with root-stem verbs ending in...
2Proto-Slavic-kti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -kti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ťi →