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Where does “-ov” come from?

-ov (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

-ov (Serbo-Croatian): Suffix appended to words to create a masculine...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine...

Ancestry of “-ov”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to

Words derived from “-ov”

  • abdovina
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →