Where does “злостивий” come from?

злостивий (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -и́вий, from Proto-Slavic -ivъ, from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

злостивий (Ukrainian): malicious, spiteful

Definitions

  1. malicious, spiteful

Ancestry of “злостивий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-и́вийful, -y, -ous forms adjectives with the sense of "being characterized by the noun"
2Proto-Slavic-ivъ—
3Proto-Slavic-vъFrom thematic declension of u-stem...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*-was—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Proto-Slavic -vъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ivъ →