Where does “-čina” come from?

-čina (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Slovak -ština, from Slovak -ský, from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

Ancestry of “-čina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovak-ština-ese, -ic, -an, -ish
2Slovak-ský-ian
3Proto-Slavic-ьskъ-ic, -ish
4Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-čina”

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