Where does “malteški” come from?

malteški (Slovene) comes from Slovene -ski, from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

malteški (Slovene): Maltese

Definitions

  1. Maltese

Ancestry of “malteški”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovene-skiadded to nouns to form an adjective
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 Slovene -ski →