Where does “-ovac” come from?

-ovac (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic malъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal- — small; little.

Ancestry of “-ovac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmalъsmall; little
2Proto-Indo-European(s)mal-small; little

Words derived from “-ovac”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mal- →Every word from Proto-Slavic malъ →