Where does “-ic” come from?

-ic (Slovincian) comes from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

-ic (Slovincian): forms verbs

Definitions

  1. forms verbs

Ancestry of “-ic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
2Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
3Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “-ic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →