Where does “књишки” come from?

књишки (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ски, from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

књишки (Serbo-Croatian): bookish, literary; bookishly

Definitions

  1. bookish, literary; bookishly

Ancestry of “књишки”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-скиadded to nouns to form a
2Proto-Slavic-ьskъ-ic, -ish
3Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ски →