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Where does “-це” come from?

-це (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьce — Denominal, forms diminutives from neutral nouns;...

-це (Serbo-Croatian): Appended to words to create a neuter noun,...

Definitions

  1. Appended to words to create a neuter noun,...

Ancestry of “-це”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьceDenominal, forms diminutives from neutral nouns;...
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